Friday, May 11, 2007

Important Events on May the 11th

0330 - Constantinople founded
1752 - 1st US fire insurance policy is issued - in Philadelphia
1792 - Columbia River discovered & named by American Capt Robert Gray
1850 - Work starts on 1st brick building in SF
1858 - Minnesota becomes 32nd state
1871 - John Herschel - cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars - dies at 79
1897 - Wash Senator Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
1907 - Bank of SF incorporated
1916 - Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1919 - Yanks Jack Quinn & Senator Walter Johnson - 12 inning 0-0 tie
1929 - 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1947 - BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire - Akron - Oh
1949 - By a vote of 37-12 Israel became 59th member of UN
1951 - Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1960 - Israelli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1975 - Flyers 1-Isles 2 - Semi Finals- Series tied at 3 games
1975 - Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1982 - Canucks 4-Isles 6 - Stanley Cup- Isles hold 2-0 lead

1 comment:

blondie said...

wowww...thats alot of stuff. where do you find this stuff at?? lol