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Today in History: May 11

By Photos by Associated Press

May 10, 2021

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This Pullman car of the Reading Railroad in Philadelphia is blackout-ready on May 11, 1942. The windows are painted with a four-inch black strip so that when shades are lowered no inside light is visible from the outside. Special switches enable the train crew to dim lights in each car. Doors in the vestibule also have been painted black save for an inch in diameter peep hole in the center.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth arriving to inspect the Black Watch, somewhere in England, on May 11, 1943.
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Irene Coelho is giving inflated life rafts a preliminary inspection for possible air leaks on seams in New Bedford, Massachusetts on May 11, 1943. She covers each cemented seam with a special solution which shows instantly any air leak. Further, each raft receives an extreme pressure test to make certain they are watertight.
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People relax on the grass while others rent boats for rowing on Central Park Lake on a spring afternoon in Central Park in New York City, May 11, 1947. Buildings along Central Park West can be seen in background.
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Resting his chin on the handle of his cane, Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali studies an exhibit of contemporary Greek art in New York, January 4, 1956. Dali called his trademark mustache his "inspirational antenna."
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Atlanta outfielder Henry Aaron is congratulated by teammates Joe Torre (15) and Gary Geiger (31), who had walked, after he hit his 10th homer of the season at night on May 11, 1966 in Atlanta. The first-inning homer in Atlanta, Aaronís 408th of his major league career, made the slugger the 10th best home run hitter in baseball history. Aaron also hit a three-run homer in the fifth against Cincinnati.
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World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali jogs alongside Queen Elizabeth's horses taking their morning outing in Knightsbridge, London, England, on May 11, 1966. The American boxer is training for his title fight on May 21 with British champion Henry Cooper. The horses are from the Royal Mews, the royal stables at Buckingham Palace.
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An American soldier being flown into Cambodia on a combat assault gives the "V" sign symbol for peace to comrades in another helicopter over Cambodia, about 70 miles northwest of Saigon during the Vietnam War on May 11, 1970.
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This Volkswagen with a wrought iron bodywork was spotted on the streets of the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta on May 11, 1976.
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Sugar Ray Leonard, right, lands a punch on the face of Kevin Howard during Leonard's 9-round TKO victory in Worcester, Mass., Friday night, May 11, 1984. After the fight Leonard announced his retirement from boxing.
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A group of elephants that carried Cambodian civilians into Thailand stops at a watering hole to drink after crossing into Khan Lan, Thailand from Cambodia, May 11, 1979. This group numbered nearly 10,000, both civilian and Pol Pot soldiers.
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The first freight cars containing contaminated milkpowder came to Bremen harbour from Austria. 500 tons should be delivered to Venezuela in a few days. In this picture a specialist controlls the radioactivity, with a Geiger counter on May 11, 1987.
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