Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On May - 11 josip Slavenski, composer   

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  On May - 11 sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain.   

1900  James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title on May - 11.   

1901  Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)   

1903  Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42) on May - 11.   

1904  On May - 11 andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace   

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

1904  Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer on May - 11.   

1905  On May - 11 marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner   

1906  On May - 11 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  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.   

1909  On May - 11 herbert Murrill, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms on May - 11.   

1910  Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer on this day in history.   

1911  On May - 11 the United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.   

1911  On May - 11 doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers)   

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

1912  Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 11 clare Grundman, composer   

1916  On this day in history einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented   

1916  On this day in history c J Cela, writer   

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

1917  On this day in history britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand   

1917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965)   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.   

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

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

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

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

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 May - 11.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.