Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On May - 11 josip Slavenski, composer   

1897  On May - 11 wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers   

1897  Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek) on this day in history.   

1898  Sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain on May - 11.   

1900  On May - 11 james J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title   

1901  On this day in history mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)   

1902  Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo) on May - 11.   

1903  On this day in history charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace on this day in history.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 11 guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer   

1905  Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner on May - 11.   

1906  Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders) on this day in history.   

1907  Bank of San Fransisco incorporated on this day in history.   

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

1909  On this day in history herbert Murrill, composer   

1910  Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA) on May - 11.   

1910  On May - 11 montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada   

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms on this day in history.   

1910  Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer on May - 11.   

1911  The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty on May - 11.   

1911  On May - 11 doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers)   

1912  38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4 on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 11 foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)   

1913  On May - 11 clare Grundman, composer   

1916  On this day in history einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented   

1916  C J Cela, writer on May - 11.   

1916  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

1917  Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand on May - 11.   

1917  On May - 11 hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser   

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.   

1918  On May - 11 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8   

1918  On May - 11 richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965)   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.   

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

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  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

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

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

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