Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

1919  Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1920  Beryl Bryden, jazz singer on May - 11.   

1920  On May - 11 william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

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  On this day in history ian Percival, QC/MP   

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

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  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) on this day in history.   

1924  Antony Hewish, radio astronomer on this day in history.   

1925  Communist Party of Holland splits on May - 11.   

1925  On May - 11 kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1928  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1935  On May - 11 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  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 11 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  On May - 11 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  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.   

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

1672  On May - 11 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 May - 11 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  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.