Historical Events In May - 11

1919  Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 on May - 11.   

1920  On this day in history beryl Bryden, jazz singer   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on May - 11.   

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

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

1921  On May - 11 ian Percival, QC/MP   

1923  On this day in history 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards   

1923  Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services) on this day in history.   

1924  Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election on this day in history.   

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

1924  On this day in history antony Hewish, radio astronomer   

1925  On this day in history communist Party of Holland splits   

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

1925  Rhodes Boyson, MP on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1926  Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics) on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 11 belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer   

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

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

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

1928  General Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY) on May - 11.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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 May - 11.   

1931  During Spanish civil war, martial Law is announced in several Spanish cities on May - 11.   

1931  On May - 11 the birth of Rupert Murdoch, Media tycoon   

1935  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

1938  On this day in history arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

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

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.   

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

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

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

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.   

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

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

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  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged