Historical Events In May - 11

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

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

1953  Jean Adair, dies at 80 on May - 11.   

1955  On May - 11 israel attacks Gaza   

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

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

1956  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC   

1960  On this day in history french liner "France" launched   

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

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

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

1962  On this day in history 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 May - 11 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 May - 11 racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1966  Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history "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  Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" on May - 11.   

1968  Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games on May - 11.   

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1568  On May - 11 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  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

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

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

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 this day in history.