On this Day… 11/5

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[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1189″]Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade

[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1812″]British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. Ironically, descendants of both later elected to Parliament at the same time.

[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1924″]Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie begin their first joint venture (later merge into Mercedes-Benz)

[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1927″]The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, also known as simply the Academy) is formed in Los Angeles. The notion of the AMPAS began with Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

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