Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

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

1920  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality   

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 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  Rhodes Boyson, MP on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1935  On May - 11 edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78   

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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 this day in history.   

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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.   

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

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

1723  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged