TODAY: 11th of May in History

1900: James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title. 1924: Mercedes Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies. 1927: Belgium defeated England 9-1 in a football match. 1929: First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts. [3 nights per week] 1951: Jay Forrester patents Computer core memory. 1960: Isreali soldiers captured Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. 1960 - John D. Rockefeller Jr, American financier and philanthropist, dies of pneumonia at 86. 1960: The first contraceptive pill was made available on the market. 1966: Real Madrid of Spain won 11th European Cup I. 1965: USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk. 1981 - Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36. 1989: Kenya announced a worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds. 1996 - Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley [39] weds retail store designer Bill Keenan [43] at Manhattan City Hall in New York. 1992 - Elizabeth McDonald, inventor [Spic & Span], dies at 98. 1998: India conducts 3 underground nuclear tests in Pokran, including a thermonuclear device. 2001 - Actress Suzanne Pleshette [64] weds actor Tom Poston [79] at Manhattan's City Hall. 2006 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer, dies at 71. 2007: Pope Benedict XVI canonized the first Brazilian born saint, Frei Galvao. 2013: Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga points record of 91. 2013: Barcelona FC won it's fourth La Liga title in four years.