Historical Events In May - 11

1968  On this day in history students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured  

1968  On May - 11 stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games  

1969  Monty Python comedy troupe forms on May - 11.  

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

1972  John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show on this day in history.  

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 May - 11.  

1973  Dutch Government of Uyl forms on this day in history.  

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

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1974  "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83 on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7  

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

1975  Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market on May - 11.  

1976  Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation on this day in history.  

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

1976  On this day in history alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78  

1977  Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game  

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  Joan Chandler, dies at 55 on May - 11.  

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

1981  On May - 11 kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks  

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

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

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

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  In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas on May - 11.  

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

1984  On May - 11 johan Cruijff quits soccer  

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  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  

1752  On this day in history 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 May - 11.  

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 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 this day in history 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