Historical Events for 11th May 2023

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1678 - French admiral Jean d'Estrees' naval fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curacao, ends French control and ushers in an age of Piracy in the Caribbean
1907 - Bank of San Francisco incorporated
1925 - Communist Party of Holland splits
1946 - 71st Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4
1960 - Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1965 - 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1977 - Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1991 - NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
1992 - Film adaptation of Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masakala's anti-apartheid musical "Sarafina!", starring Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, and Whoopi Goldberg, premieres at Cannes Film Festival in France
2002 - Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn (May 2), 2000, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout the Second World War.

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