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 May - 11.   

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

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

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

1901  Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn) on May - 11.   

1902  Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo) on May - 11.   

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  Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer on May - 11.   

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  Bank of San Fransisco incorporated on May - 11.   

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on May - 11.   

1907  On May - 11 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  Montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 11 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  Doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers) on May - 11.   

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  On May - 11 einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented   

1916  On May - 11 c J Cela, writer   

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on May - 11.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  On this day in history 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  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

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

1733  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

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  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged