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 May - 11 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  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 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  Communist Party of Holland splits on May - 11.   

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

1925  Rhodes Boyson, MP on this day in history.   

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

1926  On May - 11 airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O   

1926  Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics) on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

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

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

1929  On May - 11 dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX   

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

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 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  61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 on May - 11.   

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

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

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on May - 11.   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.   

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  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

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

1708  On May - 11 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 May - 11 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