May 11

330 - Constantinople, named after Emperor Constantine and built over the ancient city of Byzantium, was dedicated as the new capital of the Roman Empire.

This was one of the greatest cities in the ancient world, and succeeded Rome as capital of the 'Roman Empire' after the fall of the Western Empire...I hope you understand the Roman Empire was much greater than Rome itself, and continued on for another thousand years after the 'fall of Rome.'

If you did not know this, you must come back to this blog more regularly.

You should also know, this great city is now Istanbul, Turkey.

1864 - The Battle of Yellow Tavern: U.S. Civil War.  J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded.

Lee lost Stonewall at Chancellorsville, and here he lost his next most trusted commander...Stuart was no Stonewall, but those who followed him weren’t his equal either; the result of which was another factor in the final Confederate defeat.

1960 - Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.

Eichmann was a special Nazi, as Head of the Gestapo Jewish Section (Final Solution), with the nickname of 'Chief Executioner of the Reich'...He escaped his day at Nuremberg but could not run forever from the Nazi Hunters, and received justice at the end of a rope in 1962.

Eichmann's last words: "I was just following orders."

That's what they all said.

1994 - Arkansas put to death two convicted murderers.  It was the first time a state executed two people on the same day since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to restore the death penalty in 1976.

What a beautiful day...Every murderer and  every rapist should be executed, and the more they do per-day the better.

1995 - A United Nations conference indefinitely extended the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which was originally set to expire after 25 years.

Hahahaha!! What a waste of time...These ‘pie-in-the-sky’ morons have such wonderful ideas, but exactly how are they going to prevent nations from joining the Nuke Club?

Truth is, if the U.S. doesn't stop other nations from getting nukes, no one will...Least of all the clowns at the U.N.