Historical Events In May - 11

1896  Josip Slavenski, composer on May - 11.   

1897  Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers on May - 11.   

1897  On May - 11 izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)   

1898  Sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain on May - 11.   

1900  On May - 11 james J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title   

1901  Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn) on May - 11.   

1902  Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo) on this day in history.   

1903  Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42) on this day in history.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace on this day in history.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 11 guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer   

1905  Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)   

1907  Bank of San Fransisco incorporated on May - 11.   

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on May - 11.   

1907  On May - 11 john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 11 glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)   

1910  On this day in history montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada   

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 11 jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer   

1911  On this day in history the United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.   

1911  Doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers) on May - 11.   

1912  On May - 11 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4   

1912  Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) on May - 11.   

1913  On this day in history clare Grundman, composer   

1916  On May - 11 einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented   

1916  C J Cela, writer on May - 11.   

1916  On May - 11 karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

1917  Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 11 hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser   

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1918  44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8 on this day in history.   

1918  Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965) on this day in history.   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

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

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

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

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

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

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

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged