Page 7: Historical Events In May - 11

1953  On this day in history winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory   

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

1953  On May - 11 jean Adair, dies at 80   

1955  On this day in history israel attacks Gaza   

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

1956  On May - 11 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  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   

1959  On May - 11 elvis Presley's first entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"   

1959  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

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

1962  On this day in history antonio Segni becomes President of Italy   

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 May - 11.   

1962  On May - 11 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  US sends troops to Thailand on May - 11.   

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

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

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  U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

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

1967  On May - 11 100,000,000th US phone connected   

1967  On May - 11 great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership   

1968  Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" on this day in history.   

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

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

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  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.