Today is Sunday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2008. There are 234 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.
On this date:
In 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland.
In 1888, songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia.
In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
In 1944, Allied forces launched a major offensive against German lines in Italy.
In 1946, the first CARE packages arrived in Europe, at Le Havre, France.

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