This Day in History: May 11, 2025
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1858
Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.
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1894
The Pullman Strike began.
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1949
Siam changed its name to Thailand.
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1960
Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
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1973
Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.
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1981
Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.
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1997
IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1 for Kasparov, and 3 ties).
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1998
India set off atomic blasts.
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2003
91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.
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