Historical Events In May - 11

1953  On May - 11 winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory  

1953  On May - 11 tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)  

1953  On this day in history jean Adair, dies at 80  

1955  On this day in history israel attacks Gaza  

1955  On this day in history g L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies  

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

1956  On May - 11 walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79  

1957  On May - 11 gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia  

1958  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island on May - 11.  

1959  On May - 11 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4  

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

1960  John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1962  Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy on May - 11.  

1962  On May - 11 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  US sends troops to Thailand on May - 11.  

1963  "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2 on May - 11.  

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  On this day in history ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument  

1965  The first of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) on May - 11.  

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 May - 11.  

1965  Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I  

1967  On this day in history "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances  

1967  100,000,000th US phone connected on this day in history.  

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 May - 11 stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games  

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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 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  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

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

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 May - 11.  

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

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

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 this day in history.  

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