Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  Josip Slavenski, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On May - 11 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  On this day in history mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)   

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

1903  Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42) on this day in history.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace on May - 11.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace on May - 11.   

1904  On this day in history guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer   

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 this day in history.   

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on this day in history.   

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

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on this day in history.   

1910  Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA) on May - 11.   

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada on May - 11.   

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 11 clare Grundman, composer   

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

1916  On this day in history c J Cela, writer   

1916  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

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

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

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

1918  On this day in history 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  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 May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On May - 11 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 May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.   

1672  On this day in history 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  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged