Page 7: 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 this day in history.   

1953  Jean Adair, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1955  Israel attacks Gaza on this day in history.   

1955  G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies on May - 11.   

1956  Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 11.   

1956  Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1960  French liner "France" launched on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  US sends troops to Thailand on this day in history.   

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

1963  Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1965  On this day in history west Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy   

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

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

1968  On this day in history stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games   

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1568  On this day in history birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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.