Today in history: May 11
In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36.
1647: Peter Stuyvesant
In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant (STY’-veh-sunt) arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland.
1960: Adolf Eichmann
In 1960, Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1973: Daniel Ellsberg
In 1973, the espionage trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the “Pentagon Papers” case came to an end as Judge William M. Byrne dismissed all charges, citing government misconduct.
1981: Bob Marley
In 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36.
1998: The Euro
A French mint produced the first coins of Europe’s single currency, the euro.
2010: David Cameron
On May 11, 2010, Conservative leader David Cameron, at age 43, became Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years after Gordon Brown stepped down and ended 13 years of Labour government.
2020: Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller, best known for his role as George Costanza’s father in “Seinfeld” and earlier as part of a comedy duo with wife Anne Meara, died at 92.
2020: Twitter
In 2020, Twitter announced that it would add a warning label to tweets containing disputed or misleading information about the coronavirus.
2021: Norman Lloyd
Stage and screen actor Norman Lloyd, known for his role as a kindly doctor on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 106; his career had earlier put him in the company of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin and other greats.
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