Historical Events In 1911

Oct 26   Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands) on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series  

Oct 27   On this day in history leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront)  

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

Oct 29   Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC in the year 1911.  

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   On this day in history introduction of compulsory military training  

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

Nov 03   On this day in history 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   Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma in the year 1911.  

Nov 04   In the year 1911 jack Rose, screenwriter  

Nov 05   Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17) on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1911 francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico  

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

Nov 09   On this day in history edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50  

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

Nov 10   In the year 1911 harry Andrews, Kent England, actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha)  

Nov 11   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).  

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 in the year 1911.  

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   On this day in history britain's 1st seaplane flies  

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

Nov 19   NY receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy in the year 1911.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27]  

Jan 01   In the year 1911 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   On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) (d. 2001) was born in the year 1911.  

Jan 06   Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70) was born in the year 1911.  

Jan 06   Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1911.  

Jan 17   In the year 1911 francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88  

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

Jan 26   In the year 1911 charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67  

Feb 04   In the year 1911 peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75  

Feb 05   On this day in history petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies