Historical Events In 1911

Oct 26   On this day in history mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands)  

Oct 26   Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series in the year 1911.  

Oct 27   Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront) in the year 1911.  

Oct 28   On this day in history bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game  

Oct 29   On this day in history joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC  

Oct 29   On this day in history phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader  

Oct 30   In the year 1911 clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators  

Nov 01   In the year 1911 introduction of compulsory military training  

Nov 02   Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979) in the year 1911.  

Nov 03   In the year 1911 chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.  

Nov 03   In the year 1911 salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79  

Nov 03   Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation) on this day in history.  

Nov 04   In the year 1911 charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma  

Nov 04   Jack Rose, screenwriter in the year 1911.  

Nov 05   Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17) in the year 1911.  

Nov 05   First transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes in the year 1911.  

Nov 05   Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Roy Rogers, Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show) in the year 1911.  

Nov 06   Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico in the year 1911.  

Nov 07   Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist in the year 1911.  

Nov 09   Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1911.  

Nov 10   Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly & charitable works) in the year 1911.  

Nov 10   Harry Andrews, Kent England, actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   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) in the year 1911.  

Nov 11   Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny) on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates) in the year 1911.  

Nov 12   The birth of Rev. Chad Varah, Founder of the 'Samaritans' in the year 1911.  

Nov 15   Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins on this day in history.  

Nov 17   Charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade) in the year 1911.  

Nov 18   Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies in the year 1911.  

Nov 18   Britain's 1st seaplane flies on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Britain's first seaplane flies on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1911 nY receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy  

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Jan 01   Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27] was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1911 birth of hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001) was born in the year 1911.  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1911 birth of eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)  

Jan 06   Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact) was born in the year 1911.  

Jan 06   Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1911 death of alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)  

Jan 09   Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1911.  

Jan 15   Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88 in the year 1911.  

Jan 24   Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67  

Feb 04   Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 in the year 1911.  

Feb 05   In the year 1911 petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies