May 11th

India's poulation officially reaches 1 billion - Astha Arora named India's billionth baby.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned, ending 13 years of the Labour Party government. (He was succeeded by Conservative David Cameron.

91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.

India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years.

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).

A ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.

In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.

56 football fans die in a stadium fire. During a match against Lincoln City, the wooden stands at Valley Parade football ground went up in flames. The exits were locked. A burning cigarette thrown into a waste bin has been determined as the probable cause of the disaster.

Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.

Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.

Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.

Israel was admitted to the United Nations.

The B.F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.

Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, merging the two companies.

Glacier National Park in Montana was established.

Artist Salvador Dali was born in Figueras, Spain.

Workers 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.).

Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.

1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America.

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade.