Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On May - 11 josip Slavenski, composer  

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  On this day in history james J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title  

1901  Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn) on this day in history.  

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

1903  On this day in history charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)  

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

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

1904  On May - 11 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  Bank of San Fransisco incorporated on May - 11.  

1907  On this day in history bank of SF incorporated  

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

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

1910  Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer on this day in history.  

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  Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) on May - 11.  

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  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.  

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

1917  On May - 11 hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser  

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

1918  On May - 11 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  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.  

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

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

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.  

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.  

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 May - 11.  

1631  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)  

1742  On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70  

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.