May 11th

May 11th, 868: The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, contains the citation “printed on 11 May 868, by Wang Chieh, for free general distribution”. It is the oldest known dated printed book.

May 11th, 1949: The first Polaroid cameras went on sale for $89.95.

May 11th, 1980: Bob Marley died from lung cancer at age 36.

May 11th, 1997: IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov.

MTV VJ Martha Quinn turns 61 years old.

 Actor Tim Blake Nelson turns 56 years old.

May 11th is National Eat What You Want Day.