Historical Events In May - 11

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

1920  On May - 11 beryl Bryden, jazz singer  

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  Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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1924  On May - 11 antony Hewish, radio astronomer  

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

1925  On this day in history kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR  

1925  On this day in history rhodes Boyson, MP  

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 May - 11.  

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  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  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1928  General Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY) on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 11.  

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

1929  1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on May - 11.  

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 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  On May - 11 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 May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.  

1720  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)  

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

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies  

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

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