May 11th, the Ottomans commit a horrific genocide against the Armenians

1904-The Ottomans commit a genocide against the Armenians, killing 900 of them.

1949- Changing the name of Siam to Thailand.

1989- US President Gorge Bush declares his country’s intention to invade Panama.

2010- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces his resignation.

2014- 89 percent of the voters in Donetsk referendum vote for the dependence from Ukraine.

Born Today:

1824- French Painter and Sculptor Jean-Leon Gerome.

1916- British Astronomer Antony Hewish.

Passed away:

1686- German Physicist Otto von Guericke.

1963- US Physiologist Herbert Spencer Gasser.

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