Page 5: Historical Events In May - 11

1919  Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cards, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1920  Beryl Bryden, jazz singer on May - 11.   

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

1921  Tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality on this day in history.   

1921  Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 11 ian Percival, QC/MP   

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

1923  On this day in history joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)   

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

1924  Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) on this day in history.   

1924  Antony Hewish, radio astronomer on this day in history.   

1925  Communist Party of Holland splits on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR   

1925  On May - 11 rhodes Boyson, MP   

1926  Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean on May - 11.   

1926  On May - 11 airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O   

1926  On this day in history ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)   

1927  On this day in history belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer   

1927  On this day in history louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences   

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

1927  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on May - 11.   

1928  On May - 11 general Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)   

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

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

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  1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) on this day in history.   

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  61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 on this day in history.   

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.   

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on May - 11.   

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

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

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 this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history 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  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

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

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

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

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 May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.