TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010

Today is Tuesday, May 11, the 131st day of 2010. There are 234 days left in the year.

1330 _ Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire

1502 _ Columbus begins fourth and last trip to ``Indies"

1749 _ British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization

1916 _ Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented

1929 _ First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (three nights per week)

1931 _ Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe

1949 _ First Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)

1949 _ Siam renames itself Thailand

1950 _ Eugene Ionesco's ``La Cantatrice Chauve" premieres in Paris France

1994 _ Six white racists sentenced to death in South Africa