Page 5: 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  On this day in history william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1921  On May - 11 tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality   

1921  On May - 11 tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality   

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

1923  On May - 11 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards   

1923  On May - 11 joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)   

1924  On May - 11 cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election   

1924  On May - 11 pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)   

1924  Antony Hewish, radio astronomer on May - 11.   

1925  On May - 11 communist Party of Holland splits   

1925  Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history 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  Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics) on this day in history.   

1927  Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer on this day in history.   

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

1927  On May - 11 academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms   

1927  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1929  On this day in history first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)   

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

1929  On this day in history 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 May - 11 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  On this day in history edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78   

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

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

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  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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