Historical Events In May - 11

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

1953  Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage) on May - 11.   

1953  On May - 11 jean Adair, dies at 80   

1955  Israel attacks Gaza on this day in history.   

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

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

1956  Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 on May - 11.   

1957  Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia on May - 11.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island   

1959  On May - 11 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4   

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

1959  On May - 11 rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC   

1960  On May - 11 french liner "France" launched   

1960  On May - 11 israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires   

1960  On this day in history john D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86   

1962  Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  On May - 11 uS sends troops to Thailand   

1963  "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1965  On May - 11 u.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.   

1965  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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