Page 7: Historical Events In May - 11

1953  Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory on May - 11.   

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

1953  On May - 11 jean Adair, dies at 80   

1955  Israel attacks Gaza on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 11 g L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies   

1956  On this day in history pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1956  On May - 11 walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79   

1957  Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia on this day in history.   

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

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

1959  On May - 11 elvis Presley's first entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"   

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

1960  French liner "France" launched on this day in history.   

1960  Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

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

1962  On May - 11 antonio Segni becomes President of Italy   

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 this day in history "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2   

1963  On May - 11 racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL   

1963  The birth of Natasha Richardson, American Actress on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument   

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

1965  U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1965  West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy on May - 11.   

1965  On this day in history ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86   

1966  Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I on May - 11.   

1967  On May - 11 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances   

1967  On May - 11 100,000,000th US phone connected   

1967  On May - 11 great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership   

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

1968  On May - 11 stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games   

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1722  On May - 11 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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

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.