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   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 in the year 1911.  

Oct 29   Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1911 odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979)  

Nov 03   On this day in history chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.  

Nov 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 05   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1911 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) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 15   In the year 1911 proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins  

Nov 17   On this day in history charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade)  

Nov 18   In the year 1911 alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies  

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

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

Jan 01   Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1911 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   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   On this day in history death of alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)  

Jan 09   Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1911 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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 04   On this day in history 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