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

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

1901  On May - 11 mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)  

1902  Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo) on this day in history.  

1903  Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42) on May - 11.  

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

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

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

1905  On this day in history marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner  

1906  On May - 11 kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)  

1907  On this day in history bank of San Fransisco incorporated  

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on May - 11.  

1907  On May - 11 john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54  

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on May - 11.  

1910  On May - 11 glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)  

1910  On this day in history montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada  

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms on May - 11.  

1910  On this day in history jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer  

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

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

1913  On this day in history clare Grundman, composer  

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

1916  C J Cela, writer on May - 11.  

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

1917  On May - 11 britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand  

1917  Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser on May - 11.  

1917  On May - 11 otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66  

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 May - 11.  

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1568  On May - 11 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  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  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 May - 11 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 May - 11.  

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

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)  

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)  

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)  

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged