Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

1919  Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 on May - 11.   

1920  On May - 11 beryl Bryden, jazz singer   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1921  Tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality on this day in history.   

1921  Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality on this day in history.   

1921  Ian Percival, QC/MP on this day in history.   

1923  10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards on May - 11.   

1923  Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services) on May - 11.   

1924  Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election on May - 11.   

1924  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) on May - 11.   

1924  On May - 11 antony Hewish, radio astronomer   

1925  On this day in history communist Party of Holland splits   

1925  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR on this day in history.   

1925  Rhodes Boyson, MP on May - 11.   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean on this day in history.   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O on this day in history.   

1926  Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics) on this day in history.   

1927  Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer on May - 11.   

1927  Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on May - 11.   

1927  On May - 11 academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms   

1927  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1928  General Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY) on May - 11.   

1928  54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4 on May - 11.   

1929  Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX on May - 11.   

1929  First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on this day in history.   

1929  The first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on May - 11.   

1929  1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on this day in history.   

1931  Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history during Spanish civil war, martial Law is announced in several Spanish cities   

1931  The birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon on May - 11.   

1935  On this day in history 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4   

1935  On this day in history edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78   

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.   

1938  On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

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 May - 11.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged