TODAY IN HISTORY - May 11th:

1751 - 1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America
1988 - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)

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1993 - 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins Entertainer of Year...Brooks & Dunn win Album, Single & Duo of Year

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1888 - Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
1904 - Salvador Dali, Figueras Spain, surrealist artist
1955 - Mark Herndon, drummer (Alabama) born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1963 - Natasha Richardson, actress born in London, England
2001 - Actress Suzanne Pleshette (64) weds actor Tom Poston (79) at Manhattan's City Hall

GOODBYE TO:

1960 - John D. Rockefeller Jr, American financier and philanthropist, dies of pneumonia at 86

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