Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

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

1920  Beryl Bryden, jazz singer on May - 11.   

1920  On May - 11 william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1921  On this day in history tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality   

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

1921  On this day in history ian Percival, QC/MP   

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  On May - 11 cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election   

1924  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) on May - 11.   

1924  On May - 11 antony Hewish, radio astronomer   

1925  On this day in history communist Party of Holland splits   

1925  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR on May - 11.   

1925  On May - 11 rhodes Boyson, MP   

1926  On this day in history airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean   

1926  On this day in history airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O   

1926  Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics) on May - 11.   

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

1927  On May - 11 louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences   

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

1927  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1928  On this day in history general Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)   

1928  On May - 11 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4   

1929  Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX on this day in history.   

1929  First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on this day in history.   

1929  On May - 11 the first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   

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

1931  Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history during Spanish civil war, martial Law is announced in several Spanish cities   

1931  The birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon on May - 11.   

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

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.   

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on May - 11.   

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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  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 May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

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

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

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