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  Israel attacks Gaza on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history g L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies   

1956  Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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

1957  On May - 11 gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia   

1958  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC   

1960  On May - 11 french liner "France" launched   

1960  On this day in history israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires   

1960  John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 11 antonio Segni becomes President of Italy   

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

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1962  US sends troops to Thailand on May - 11.   

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

1963  On this day in history racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL   

1963  On this day in history the birth of Natasha Richardson, American Actress   

1965  Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument on this day in history.   

1965  The first of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) on May - 11.   

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  Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86 on May - 11.   

1966  On this day in history real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I   

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

1967  100,000,000th US phone connected on May - 11.   

1967  On this day in history great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership   

1968  Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" on May - 11.   

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  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

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

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.   

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

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

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

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged