In History, Today on May 11

54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France as heretics.

Christopher Columbus departs on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.

British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the House of Commons.

Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time.

Israeli agents capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fifty-six spectators died and more than 200 were injured in the Bradford City stadium fire in England.

More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.

Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by IBM, defeats world champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match.

India's population officially reached one billion, marked by the birth of a baby girl named Astha Arora in Delhi.

David Cameron became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck the town of Lorca in southeastern Spain, causing significant damage and resulting in nine deaths.

The Pakistani general elections were held, marking the first democratic transition of power in the country's history.

Brazil's Senate voted to suspend President Dilma Rousseff and begin an impeachment trial against her.

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as the world's oldest elected leader at age 92, after a historic election victory.

The Colonial Pipeline, a major fuel pipeline in the United States, resumed operations after a ransomware cyberattack caused a shutdown.