Births on May 11

Archibald Warden

Born on May 11, 1869

Archibald Warden, English tennis player (d. 1943)

Archibald Adam Warden (11 May 1869 – 7 October 1943) was a British tennis player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.In 1900 he won a bronze medal in mixed doubles event with Hedwiga Rosenbaumová of Bohemia.

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Events on 1869

6 Mar

Periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
28 Apr

First Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
15 May

Susan B. Anthony
Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
17 Nov

Suez Canal
In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
22 Nov

Clipper
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

Births on May 11

Archibald Warden

Born on May 11, 1869

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Events on 1869

Periodic table

First Transcontinental Railroad

Susan B. Anthony

Suez Canal

Clipper