Historical Events In May - 11

1968  Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured on May - 11.  

1968  Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games on this day in history.  

1969  Monty Python comedy troupe forms on May - 11.  

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  Stanley Cup Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 on May - 11.  

1972  On May - 11 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1972  On May - 11 stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2  

1973  Dutch Government of Uyl forms on May - 11.  

1973  On May - 11 grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies  

1974  "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83 on May - 11.  

1974  "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7 on May - 11.  

1974  On this day in history steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"  

1975  On May - 11 israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market  

1976  Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation on May - 11.  

1976  On this day in history last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV  

1976  Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78 on May - 11.  

1977  Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II on May - 11.  

1977  Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game on May - 11.  

1978  On May - 11 margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps  

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1981  Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 on May - 11.  

1982  Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer on May - 11.  

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

1983  Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II on May - 11.  

1983  On this day in history comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth  

1983  On May - 11 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  On this day in history johan Cruijff quits soccer  

1984  On this day in history transit of Earth as seen on Mars  

1985  On May - 11 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground  

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1568  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  

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 May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies  

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.  

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

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