GMT

Today in History: May 11

330 Newly built city of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated, becomes the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

1573 Henry of Anjou becomes the first elected king of Poland.

1690 In the first major engagement of King William's War, British troops from Massachusetts seize Port Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from the French.

1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

1864 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern.

1943 U.S. forces begin the assault on Japanese-held Attu, the westernmost island in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain.

1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.

1967 The Siege of Khe Sanh ends with the base is still in American hands.

2019 American actress and #MeToo activist Alyssa Milano urges women to go on a "sex strike" after Georgia state passes new abortion law

2020 World Health Organization warns “extreme vigilance” needed as many countries begin easing lockdowns

Born on May 11

1888 Irving Berlin, composer, writer of over 1,500 songs.

1904 Salvador Dali, surrealist painter.

1933 Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader.

JOTD
A Mom visits her son for dinner who lives with a girl roommate.
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty his roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between him and his roommate than met the eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, the son volunteered, “I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, we are just roommates."
About a week later, his roommate came to him saying, “Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver plate. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"
He said ,"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure."
He sat down and wrote :
Dear Mother:
I'm not saying that you ‘did' take the silver plate from my house, I'm not saying that you ‘did not' take the silver plate .. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Love,
your son
Several days later, he received an email from his Mother which read:
Dear Son:
I'm not saying that you ‘do' sleep with your roommate, and I'm not saying that you ‘do not' sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the silver plate by now, under the pillow…
Love,
Mom.