Historical Events In November - 11

1889  Washington admitted as 42nd state on November - 11.   

1890  D McCree patents portable fire escape on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author   

1894  On November - 11 aaron Avshalomov, composer   

1895  On this day in history bechuanaland becomes part of the Cape Colony   

1895  Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony on November - 11.   

1895  Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor on this day in history.   

1895  On November - 11 julius Tausch, composer, dies at 68   

1896  Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War on November - 11.   

1896  On November - 11 charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster   

1897  On November - 11 gordon W Allport, US, psychologist (personalities)   

1898  On November - 11 father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher   

1899  On this day in history stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London   

1899  Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history helena Konopacka, Poland, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1928)   

1901  Maurice Ravel composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres on this day in history.   

1901  Sam Spiegel, producer (On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai) on November - 11.   

1901  Antonio Zamara, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine   

1904  On November - 11 alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin   

1905  On this day in history israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer   

1906  On November - 11 ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig   

1907  On this day in history henry Gadsby, composer, dies at 64   

1909  On November - 11 construction of navy base at Pearl Harbor begins   

1909  On this day in history robert Ryan, Chicago, actor (Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day)   

1910  Arnold D W Tilanus, Dutch MP (CHU) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave).   

1911  Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny) on November - 11.   

1912  On November - 11 cissie Elizabeth Charlton, football matriarch   

1912  On this day in history joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75   

1913  German Leont'yevich Zhukovsky, composer on November - 11.   

1914  On November - 11 daisy Bates, publisher/head (Arkansas NAACP)   

1915  On this day in history bernhard Heiliger, sculptor   

1916  On this day in history eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman   

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0995  Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1041) was born on this day in history.   

1050  On this day in history birth of henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)   

1154  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212) was born on November - 11.   

1155  Alfonso VIII, the Noble One, king of Castilia was born on November - 11.   

1220  On this day in history birth of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271)   

1493  Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history birth of paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)   

1523  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician was born on November - 11.   

0307  On November - 11 flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies   

0397  Martinus, (St Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81 on this day in history.   

0405  On November - 11 death of arsacius, intruding archbishop of Constantinople   

0511  On this day in history clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingische, dies at 45   

0537  Death of Pope Silverius, saint on November - 11.   

0826  On November - 11 theodore the Studite, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies   

0865  Death of Petronas the Patrician, Byzantine General on November - 11.   

1150  On November - 11 hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies