Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

1919  On May - 11 cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0   

1920  On May - 11 beryl Bryden, jazz singer   

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

1921  On this day in history tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality   

1921  Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality on May - 11.   

1921  Ian Percival, QC/MP on May - 11.   

1923  On this day in history 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards   

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

1924  Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)   

1924  On this day in history antony Hewish, radio astronomer   

1925  On May - 11 communist Party of Holland splits   

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

1925  On May - 11 rhodes Boyson, MP   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean on May - 11.   

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

1926  On May - 11 ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)   

1927  On this day in history belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer   

1927  On May - 11 louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences   

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

1927  On May - 11 henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1928  General Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY) on this day in history.   

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

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

1929  On this day in history first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   

1929  On May - 11 the first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   

1929  1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on May - 11.   

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

1931  On May - 11 during Spanish civil war, martial Law is announced in several Spanish cities   

1931  The birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon on this day in history.   

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

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 11 viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  On this day in history 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 May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

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  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.   

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

1631  On May - 11 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  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