Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  Josip Slavenski, composer on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1903  On May - 11 charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)   

1904  On this day in history andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace   

1904  On this day in history andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace   

1904  Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer on this day in history.   

1905  Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner on May - 11.   

1906  Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders) on this day in history.   

1907  On May - 11 bank of San Fransisco incorporated   

1907  On this day in history bank of SF incorporated   

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.   

1909  On May - 11 herbert Murrill, composer   

1910  On May - 11 glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)   

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

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

1910  On this day in history jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer   

1911  The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty on this day in history.   

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  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on May - 11.   

1917  Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand on May - 11.   

1917  Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser on May - 11.   

1917  On May - 11 otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66   

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

1918  Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965) on this day in history.   

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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 May - 11 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  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

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

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

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

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

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

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.   

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