In 1910, for the first time since 1835, Halley’s Comet approaches Earth, prompting astrologers and futurists to herald the end of the world
Today, May 11, 2023
330… Byzantium (later Constantinople) is renamed New Rome and becomes the capital of the Roman Empire. The city was founded in 324 by Constantine I the Great and was built on seven hills on the ancient colony of the Megareans, Byzantium.
1812….British Prime Minister Spencer Percival is assassinated by John Bellingham at the entrance to the House of Commons.
1858…. Minnesota becomes the 32nd US State.
1894…. A major strike breaks out at the Pullman Carriage Factory in Illinois.
1910…. For the first time since 1835, Halley’s Comet approaches Earth, prompting astrologers and futurists to herald the end of the world.
1926…. By order of the dictator Theodoros Pangalos, women are forbidden to wear short skirts.
The edge of the cloth should be 30cm from the ground.
1947….BFGoodrich manufactures the first tubeless tire in Akron, Ohio.
1949…. Siam is renamed Thailand.
…. On the same day, with 37 votes in favor and 12 against, the UN General Assembly decides on the inclusion of Israel in the international organization.
1960… In Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 agents of the Israeli secret service Mossad, kidnap the fugitive Nazi, Adolf Eichmann, who used the alias Ricardo Clement.
1967…. The junta arrests and imprisons Andreas Papandreou in Averof prison. There are fears for his life.
1987… In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart-lung transplant is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of Stanford University School of Medicine.
1995… In Zaire, an epidemic of the deadly Ebola virus occurs, from which 90 people lose their lives.
2010… Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown, resigns. He is succeeded by the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron.
Like today in 1771 he was born the heroine of the Greek revolution Laskarina Pinotsi, better known as Bouboulina, in 1894 the American dancer and choreographer, pioneer of modern dance, Martha Graham and in 1904 the Spanish surrealist painter, Salvador Dali.
On the same day in 1981 passed away the Jamaican reggae singer, Bob Marley and in 1990 the folk singer, Stratos Dionysiou.
Source: Skai
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