Historical Events In May - 11

1919  On this day in history cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0  

1920  On this day in history beryl Bryden, jazz singer  

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

1921  On May - 11 tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality  

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 May - 11.  

1923  On May - 11 joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)  

1924  On this day in history cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election  

1924  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) on this day in history.  

1924  On May - 11 antony Hewish, radio astronomer  

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

1925  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR on May - 11.  

1925  On this day in history rhodes Boyson, MP  

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

1926  On this day in history 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 May - 11.  

1927  On this day in history louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences  

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

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

1929  On this day in history dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX  

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

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  On May - 11 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 May - 11.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1938  On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81  

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

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

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

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

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)  

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 May - 11.  

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.