Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer   

1897  On this day in history wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers   

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  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  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 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 May - 11 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 this day in history.   

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)   

1913  On May - 11 clare Grundman, composer   

1916  On May - 11 einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

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 May - 11.   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

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