Historical Events In 1911

Oct 26   Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands) in the year 1911.  

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

Oct 27   In the year 1911 leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront)  

Oct 28   Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game on this day in history.  

Oct 29   In the year 1911 joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC  

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

Oct 30   Clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators in the year 1911.  

Nov 01   Introduction of compulsory military training on this day in history.  

Nov 02   Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 03   Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Nov 03   In the year 1911 vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation)  

Nov 04   On this day in history charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma  

Nov 04   On this day in history jack Rose, screenwriter  

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

Nov 05   First transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica in the year 1911.  

Nov 05   In the year 1911 italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica  

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

Nov 06   Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico on this day in history.  

Nov 07   On this day in history walter Shlomo Gross, journalist  

Nov 09   Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1911.  

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1911 patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny)  

Nov 12   On this day in history luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates)  

Nov 12   The birth of Rev. Chad Varah, Founder of the 'Samaritans' on this day in history.  

Nov 15   On this day in history proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins  

Nov 17   Charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade) on this day in history.  

Nov 18   On this day in history alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies  

Nov 18   Britain's 1st seaplane flies in the year 1911.  

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   On this day in history birth of hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)  

Jan 03   In the year 1911 birth of john Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) (d. 2001)  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1911 birth of joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)  

Jan 06   In the year 1911 birth of nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)  

Jan 03   Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851) died in the year 1911.  

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   On this day in history francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88  

Jan 24   Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1911.  

Jan 26   Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 04   On this day in history peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75  

Feb 05   Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies in the year 1911.