Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  Josip Slavenski, composer on this day in history.   

1897  Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers on May - 11.   

1897  On May - 11 izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)   

1898  On this day in history sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain.   

1900  James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title on May - 11.   

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

1902  On May - 11 kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)   

1903  Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42) on this day in history.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace on May - 11.   

1904  On this day in history andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace   

1904  On this day in history guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer   

1905  On this day in history marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner   

1906  On this day in history kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)   

1907  On this day in history bank of San Fransisco incorporated   

1907  On this day in history bank of SF incorporated   

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

1909  On May - 11 herbert Murrill, composer   

1910  On this day in history glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)   

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

1910  On this day in history montana's Glacier National Park forms   

1910  On May - 11 jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer   

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  On May - 11 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4   

1912  On this day in history foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)   

1913  Clare Grundman, composer on this day in history.   

1916  Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented on this day in history.   

1916  C J Cela, writer on May - 11.   

1916  On May - 11 karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

1917  Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand on this day in history.   

1917  Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser on this day in history.   

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8   

1918  On this day in history richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965)   

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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  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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