TODAY IN HISTORY

MAY 11

1973:A federal judge dismisses charges against Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case.

1946: The first 20,000 American CARE packages arrive in France. More than 100 million will be delivered over the next two decades.

1998: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announces his country has carried out underground nuclear tests, the first there in 24 years.