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May 11: Pentecost in Western Christianity (2008); Mother's Day in several countries (2008)

1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated the Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian "Pragmatic Army" at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands in present day Belgium.
1792 – Merchant sea-captain Robert Gray (pictured) first entered the Columbia River, the largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America.
1812 – British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons.
1867 – The major powers in Europe signed the Second Treaty of London to solve the Luxembourg Crisis between France and Prussia over the political status of Luxembourg.
1918 – The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was established, with Tapa Tchermoeff as the first prime minister.
1949 – Siam was officially renamed Thailand, a name unofficially in use since it was first coined by Prime Minister and dictator Plaek Pibulsonggram in 1939.

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