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Today in History: Sunday, May  11, 2008
AP Highlight in History:
On May 11, 1888, songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia.
 
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1647Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
1858Minnesota became the 32nd state.
1894Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Co. in Illinois went on strike. The job action spread and crippled railroad service nationwide before the federal government intervened to end the strike in July.
1904Artist Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain.
1910Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
1944Allied forces launched a major offensive in central Italy.
1946The first CARE packages for Europe arrived at Le Havre, France.
Audio LinkPresident Harry S. Truman
1947The B.F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.
1949Israel was admitted to the United Nations.
1949Siam changed its named to Thailand.
1973Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed by a judge who cited government misconduct.
1981Reggae musician Bob Marley died of cancer at age 36.
1985A flash fire swept through a jam-packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England, killing 55 people.
1996An Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board
1997The Deep Blue IBM computer defeated Garry Kasparov to win a six-game chess match between man and machine in New York.
1998India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years.
1998A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency, the euro.
2004A video on an al-Qaida-linked Web site showed the beheading of American hostage Nicholas Berg, who had been kidnapped in Iraq.
2007North and South Korea adopted a military agreement, enabling the first train crossing of their border in more than half a century.
 
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Highlights of This Day in History
Today's Birthdays:
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart turns 25 years old today.
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NameProfessionAge
James JeffordsU.S. senator, I-Vt.74
Eric BurdonRock singer (The Animals)67
Shohreh AghdashlooActress ("House of Sand and Fog")56
Frances FisherActress56
Boyd GainesActor55
Mark HerndonCountry musician (Alabama)53
Martha QuinnFormer MTV VJ49
Tim RaybonCountry musician (The Raybon Brothers)45
Natasha RichardsonActress45
Keith WestCountry musician (Heartland)40
Coby BellActor ("Third Watch")33
Jonathan JacksonActor26
Comedian Mort Sahl turns 81 years old today.
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