WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011

Today is Wednesday, May 11, the 131st day of 2011. There are 234 days left in the year.

1189 ― Emperor Frederik I. Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg

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

1916 ― Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented

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

1949 ― First Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)

1949 ― By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of U.N.

1949 ― Siam renames itself Thailand

1980 ― Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third and home in one inning for Phillies

1981 ― Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical ``Cats" premieres in London

1987 ― First heart-lung transplant takes place (Baltimore)