Historical Events In May - 11

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

1920  On May - 11 beryl Bryden, jazz singer   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1921  Tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality on May - 11.   

1921  Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

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

1925  On May - 11 rhodes Boyson, MP   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean on this day in history.   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O on May - 11.   

1926  On this day in history ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)   

1927  Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer on May - 11.   

1927  Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on May - 11.   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 11 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 May - 11 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  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  The birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon on May - 11.   

1935  On this day in history 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4   

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

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

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

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

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

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 May - 11.   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1742  On May - 11 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.