Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

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

1900  James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title on May - 11.   

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

1902  On May - 11 kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)   

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 this day in history guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer   

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

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  On May - 11 bank of SF incorporated   

1907  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on May - 11.   

1910  Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA) on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 11.   

1912  Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) on May - 11.   

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

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

1917  On this day in history hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser   

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 11 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8   

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

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On May - 11 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 this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

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

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