Historical Events In May - 11

1919  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality  

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  On May - 11 joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)  

1924  On May - 11 cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election  

1924  On May - 11 pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)  

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1924  On this day in history antony Hewish, radio astronomer  

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

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

1925  Rhodes Boyson, MP on May - 11.  

1926  On this day in history airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean  

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  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  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history 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  The birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon on May - 11.  

1935  61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 on May - 11.  

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

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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1568  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

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  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)  

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

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

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)  

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  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.