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History Events on May 11

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History Events on May 11

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William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.

#William_Lawson_(explorer)

In 1813

Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.

#Pentagon_Papers

In 1973

Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd state of the United States.

#Minnesota

In 1858

After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.

#ValuJet_Flight_592

In 1996

World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes

#USS_Bunker_Hill_(CV-17)

In 1945

Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.

#Bradford_City_stadium_fire

In 1985

World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.

#World_War_II

In 1943

Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

#Deep_Blue_versus_Kasparov,_1997,_Game_6

In 1997

Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.

#Pullman_Strike

In 1894

Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.

#Mussel_Slough_Tragedy

In 1880

Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.

#Robert_Gray_(sea_captain)

In 1792

President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War.

#James_K._Polk

In 1846

103 people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.

In 2016

Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.

In 2014

Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanl?, Turkey.

In 2013

India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.

In 1998

The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.

In 1970

The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.

In 1833

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