Historical Events In May - 11

1968  Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured on May - 11.   

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

1969  Monty Python comedy troupe forms on May - 11.   

1970  On May - 11 sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise   

1972  John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show on May - 11.   

1972  Stanley Cup Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 11.   

1972  On this day in history stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2   

1973  Dutch Government of Uyl forms on May - 11.   

1973  On this day in history grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies   

1974  On May - 11 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83   

1974  "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7 on this day in history.   

1974  Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 11 israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market   

1976  Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation on May - 11.   

1976  Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 11 alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78   

1977  Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1977  Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game on this day in history.   

1978  Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps on May - 11.   

1978  On May - 11 john Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93   

1979  On May - 11 joan Chandler, dies at 55   

1981  On May - 11 andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London   

1981  On May - 11 kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks   

1981  Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 on May - 11.   

1982  On May - 11 leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer   

1983  "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC on May - 11.   

1983  Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1983  Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth on May - 11.   

1983  On May - 11 in West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.   

1983  Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65 on May - 11.   

1984  Johan Cruijff quits soccer on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history transit of Earth as seen on Mars   

1985  40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 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  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  On this day in history 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  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 May - 11.   

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

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

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