Thursday, May 11, 2017

Day 131 - This day in legal and military history

May 11
 

NATIONAL Eat What You Want Day 
Cherry Cheesecake - the world's most delicious food

NATIONAL Twilight Zone Day 



Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd US state
 

1866 Confederate President Jefferson Davis became a free man after spending two years in prison for his role in the American Civil War
 

1916 Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was presented
 

1949 Siam changed its name to Thailand
 

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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