Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer   

1897  Wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers on this day in history.   

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 this day in history james J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title   

1901  On May - 11 mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)   

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 May - 11.   

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace on May - 11.   

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

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

1906  On May - 11 kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)   

1907  On May - 11 bank of San Fransisco incorporated   

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  Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA) on this day in history.   

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada on May - 11.   

1910  On this day in history montana's Glacier National Park forms   

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  On this day in history doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers)   

1912  38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)   

1913  Clare Grundman, composer on May - 11.   

1916  Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented on this day in history.   

1916  C J Cela, writer on this day in history.   

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66   

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

1918  Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965) on May - 11.   

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

1708  On May - 11 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 this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged