Historical Events In 1911

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

Oct 26   In the year 1911 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   Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on this day in history.  

Oct 30   Clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Introduction of compulsory military training in the year 1911.  

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) in the year 1911.  

Nov 04   Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma in the year 1911.  

Nov 04   On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1911.  

Nov 07   Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist on this day in history.  

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

Nov 10   Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly & charitable works) on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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) in the year 1911.  

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   On this day in history britain's first seaplane flies  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1911 birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) (d. 2001)  

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

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

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

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   On this day in history wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49  

Jan 17   Francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 05   Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies on this day in history.