Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

1919  Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 on May - 11.   

1920  Beryl Bryden, jazz singer on this day in history.   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on May - 11.   

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

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

1921  Ian Percival, QC/MP on this day in history.   

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

1923  On this day in history joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)   

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  Antony Hewish, radio astronomer on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 11.   

1927  On May - 11 belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer   

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 May - 11.   

1928  On May - 11 general Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)   

1928  54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4 on this day in history.   

1929  Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX on May - 11.   

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  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

1931  On May - 11 the birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon   

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

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

1937  On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  On this day in history arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

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1568  On May - 11 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 this day in history 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 May - 11.   

1731  On this day in history 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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.   

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

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

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  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

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.