May 11 in history: • 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first confirmed Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains. → go there • 1894 – In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt. → go there • 1981 – Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats (performers pictured), opened at the New London Theatre. → go there • 2011 – An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain. → go there • 2022 – Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp. → go there Born 1811: Chang and Eng Bunker Wiki link Born 1951: Ed Stelmach Wiki link Born 2003: Fermín López Wiki link Died 2023: Sue Maroroa Wiki link Pictured: alt=Cast of a 2011 production of Cats.