Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer   

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

1897  On this day in history 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 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   

1904  Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer on this day in history.   

1905  Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner on this day in history.   

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

1907  On May - 11 bank of San Fransisco incorporated   

1907  On this day in history bank of SF incorporated   

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.   

1909  On May - 11 herbert Murrill, composer   

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

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

1911  The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty on this day in history.   

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 May - 11.   

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  On this day in history c J Cela, writer   

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

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

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

1917  On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66   

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

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

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

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

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

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

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  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.