Page 4: Historical Events In May - 11

1896  On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer   

1897  On May - 11 wash Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers   

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

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

1900  On this day in history james J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title   

1901  Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn) on this day in history.   

1902  Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo) on May - 11.   

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

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

1904  Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer   

1905  On May - 11 marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner   

1906  On this day in history kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)   

1907  Bank of San Fransisco incorporated on this day in history.   

1907  Bank of SF incorporated on this day in history.   

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1909  Herbert Murrill, composer on May - 11.   

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

1910  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 the United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.   

1911  Doodles Weaver, LA Calif, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers) on this day in history.   

1912  38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)   

1913  Clare Grundman, composer on this day in history.   

1916  Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented on May - 11.   

1916  On May - 11 c J Cela, writer   

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on May - 11.   

1917  On this day in history britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand   

1917  On this day in history hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser   

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

1918  On May - 11 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8   

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

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1568  On this day in history birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

1731  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

1631  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged