Historical Events In May - 11

1968  On May - 11 students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured   

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

1969  On May - 11 monty Python comedy troupe forms   

1970  Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1973  On this day in history dutch Government of Uyl forms   

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  On this day in history "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7   

1974  Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" on May - 11.   

1975  Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation   

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 this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history joan Chandler, dies at 55   

1981  Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London on this day in history.   

1981  Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks on May - 11.   

1981  On this day in history bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36   

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

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

1983  On May - 11 aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II   

1983  On May - 11 comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth   

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

1983  On this day in history zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65   

1984  Johan Cruijff quits soccer on May - 11.   

1984  Transit of Earth as seen on Mars on this day in history.   

1985  40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 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 May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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

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

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

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

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 May - 11.   

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

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.   

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