Page 8: 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 May - 11.   

1969  Monty Python comedy troupe forms on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1972  Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1973  Dutch Government of Uyl forms on May - 11.   

1973  Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market   

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

1976  Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV on May - 11.   

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

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

1977  On May - 11 ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game   

1978  Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps on this day in history.   

1978  John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 11 joan Chandler, dies at 55   

1981  On May - 11 andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London   

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

1981  Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer   

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  Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history in West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.   

1983  On May - 11 zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65   

1984  Johan Cruijff quits soccer on this day in history.   

1984  Transit of Earth as seen on Mars on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 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  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged