On This Day:
Sunday May 11, 2014 This is the 131st day of the year, with 234 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: paper Paper takes its name from papyrus, a reedlike plant that the ancient Egyptians used to make the first writing material. Today most paper is made from pulped wood from trees. We consume an enormous amount of it: a forest equivalent to the size of Sweden needs to be felled each year to support the world's use of paper. The first paper-making machine was invented in 1798 by Frenchman Nicholas-Louis Robert. The average American uses about 800 pounds of paper and paper products per year.
Holidays Feast day of St. Comgall, St. Credan, St. Maieul, St. Tudy, St. Ansfrid, St Walter of l'Esterp, St. Richard Reynolds, St. Francis di Girolamo, St. Ignatius of Laconi, St. Asaph, St. Gengulf, and Mamertus.
Jamaica: Bob Marley Day (memorializing his death in 1981).
Events 1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
1858 - Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.
1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
1946 - The first CARE packages arrived in Europe, at Le Havre, France.
1947 - B.F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire.
1949 - Israel was admitted to the United Nations.
1949 - Siam changed its named to Thailand.
1969 - The Monty Python comedy troupe is formed, with Monty Python's Flying Circus first airing on October 5, 1969.
1997 - "Deep Blue," an IBM computer, defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game chess match, who lost the match 2.5 to 3.5.
1998 - A French mint produced the first Euro coins of the 12 European Union member countries, collectively known as the Eurozone/Euroland.
2004 - The Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow kills nine people and injures 37 others.
Births 1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer.
1854 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born American inventor of Linotype.
1888 - Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer.
1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer, choreographer, pioneer of modern dance.
1904 - Salvador (Felipe Jacinto) Dalí (y Domenech), Spanish surrealist artist.
1912 - Phil Silvers (Silversmith), Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor.
1927 - Mort Sahl, Canadian-born comedian.
1930 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman, and one of the early racers in the Baja 1000 off-road race.
1941 - Eric Burdon, English musician.
1946 - Robert Jarvik, American physician known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
Deaths 1812 - British prime minister Spencer Perceval, assassinated in the House of Commons.
1960 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American philanthropist.
1979 - Lester Flatt, one of the pioneers of bluegrass music, born in Overton County, Tennessee.
1981 - Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician.
1985 - Chester Gould, American cartoonist and the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip.
1996 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, founder of modern Nigerian nationalism and the first President of Nigeria.
2006 - Floyd Patterson, American heavyweight boxing champion.
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