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  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on May - 11.   

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

1921  On this day in history tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality   

1921  On this day in history ian Percival, QC/MP   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1924  On May - 11 antony Hewish, radio astronomer   

1925  Communist Party of Holland splits on this day in history.   

1925  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR on May - 11.   

1925  On this day in history rhodes Boyson, MP   

1926  On May - 11 airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O on May - 11.   

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

1927  Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer on this day in history.   

1927  Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on this day in history.   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms on this day in history.   

1927  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history general Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 11.   

1931  On May - 11 credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe   

1931  During Spanish civil war, martial Law is announced in several Spanish cities on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history the birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon   

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

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.   

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

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On May - 11 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  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

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

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.