Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On May - 11 josip Slavenski, composer   

1897  Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers on this day in history.   

1897  Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek) on May - 11.   

1898  On May - 11 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  Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn) on this day in history.   

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

1903  On May - 11 charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)   

1904  On May - 11 andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace   

1904  On May - 11 andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace   

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

1905  On May - 11 marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner   

1906  Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders) on May - 11.   

1907  On this day in history bank of San Fransisco incorporated   

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on May - 11.   

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

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on May - 11.   

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

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

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

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  Doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers) on this day in history.   

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

1912  Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) on this day in history.   

1913  Clare Grundman, composer on May - 11.   

1916  Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented on May - 11.   

1916  On this day in history c J Cela, writer   

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

1917  On this day in history britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand   

1917  On this day in history hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser   

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

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

1918  Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965) on this day in history.   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On this day in history 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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  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.