Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  Josip Slavenski, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers   

1897  Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek) on this day in history.   

1898  Sailors and Marines from USS Marblehead cut trans-oceanic cable near Cienfuegos, Cuba, isolating Cuba from Spain on May - 11.   

1900  On May - 11 james J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title   

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

1902  Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo) on this day in history.   

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

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace on May - 11.   

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

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

1905  On this day in history marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner   

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

1907  Bank of San Fransisco incorporated on May - 11.   

1907  On this day in history bank of SF incorporated   

1907  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on May - 11.   

1910  On this day in history glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)   

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

1910  Montana's Glacier National Park forms on this day in history.   

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

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

1913  Clare Grundman, composer on May - 11.   

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

1916  C J Cela, writer on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

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

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

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.   

1918  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 11 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  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

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

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

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

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 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