Page 7: Historical Events In May - 11

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

1953  On this day in history tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)   

1953  On May - 11 jean Adair, dies at 80   

1955  Israel attacks Gaza on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 11 g L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies   

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 May - 11.   

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

1958  On May - 11 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  On this day in history elvis Presley's first entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"   

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

1960  On May - 11 french liner "France" launched   

1960  Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

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

1962  On May - 11 antonio Segni becomes President of Italy   

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  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 11.   

1962  On this day in history uS sends troops to Thailand   

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

1963  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history u.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.   

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

1965  West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy on this day in history.   

1965  Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86 on May - 11.   

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

1967  "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances on May - 11.   

1967  100,000,000th US phone connected on May - 11.   

1967  Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership on this day in history.   

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

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

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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 this day in history.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

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

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

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

1610  On May - 11 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 this day in history 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 May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged