Page 7: Historical Events In May - 11

1953  Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 11 tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)   

1953  On May - 11 jean Adair, dies at 80   

1955  On this day in history israel attacks Gaza   

1955  G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 11 pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1956  On this day in history walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79   

1957  On this day in history gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia   

1958  On May - 11 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island   

1959  "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4 on this day in history.   

1959  Elvis Presley's first entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.   

1959  Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history french liner "France" launched   

1960  Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires on May - 11.   

1960  On May - 11 john D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86   

1962  Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy on May - 11.   

1962  Near the Coast of Mexico a 7.0 quake resulted in four persons killed, and many injured. Extensive property damage in south-central Mexico on May - 11.   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 11.   

1962  US sends troops to Thailand on May - 11.   

1963  On May - 11 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2   

1963  Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL on May - 11.   

1963  The birth of Natasha Richardson, American Actress on May - 11.   

1965  Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument on May - 11.   

1965  On this day in history the first of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)   

1965  On this day in history u.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.   

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 11.   

1965  West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 11 ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86   

1966  Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances   

1967  100,000,000th US phone connected on this day in history.   

1967  Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 11 richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"   

1968  Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games on this day in history.   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.