Historical Events In May - 11

1919  Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1920  Beryl Bryden, jazz singer on May - 11.   

1920  On this day in history william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1921  On this day in history tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality   

1921  Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality on May - 11.   

1921  Ian Percival, QC/MP on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards   

1923  On May - 11 joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)   

1924  Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election on May - 11.   

1924  On this day in history pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)   

1924  Antony Hewish, radio astronomer on this day in history.   

1925  On May - 11 communist Party of Holland splits   

1925  On May - 11 kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR   

1925  Rhodes Boyson, MP on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean   

1926  On this day in history airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O   

1926  On May - 11 ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)   

1927  On May - 11 belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer   

1927  On May - 11 louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences   

1927  On May - 11 academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms   

1927  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1928  On this day in history general Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)   

1928  On May - 11 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4   

1929  On May - 11 dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX   

1929  On this day in history first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   

1929  On May - 11 the first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   

1929  1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on this day in history.   

1931  On May - 11 credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe   

1931  On May - 11 during Spanish civil war, martial Law is announced in several Spanish cities   

1931  On May - 11 the birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon   

1935  61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 on this day in history.   

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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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 May - 11.   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

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

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 May - 11 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