Top Historical Events That Happened on November 11

1890  D McCree patents portable fire escape   

1893  Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author.   

1894  Aaron Avshalomov, composer.   

1895  Bechuanaland is recorded as becoming part of the Cape Colony   

1895  Bechuanaland is recorded as becoming part of Cape Colony   

1895  Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor.   

1895  Julius Tausch, composer, dies at 68   

1896  Jules Vandenpeereboom is recorded as becoming Belgium's minister of War.   

1896  Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster.   

1897  Gordon W Allport, US, psychologist (personalities)   

1898  Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher.   

1899  Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London.   

1899  Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates).   

1900  Helena Konopacka, Poland, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1928).   

1901  Maurice Ravel composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres   

1901  Sam Spiegel, producer (On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai).   

1901  Antonio Zamara, composer, dies at 72   

1903  Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine   

1904  Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin.   

1905  Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer   

1906  Ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig   

1907  Henry Gadsby, composer, dies at 64.   

1909  Construction of navy base at Pearl Harbor begins   

1909  Robert Ryan, Chicago, actor (Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day)   

1910  Arnold D W Tilanus, Dutch MP (CHU)   

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).   

1911  Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny)   

1912  Cissie Elizabeth Charlton, football matriarch.   

1912  Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75.   

1913  German Leont'yevich Zhukovsky, composer   

1914  Daisy Bates, publisher/head (Arkansas NAACP).   

1915  Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor   

1916  Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman   

1917  Julien-Francois Zbinden, composer   

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0995  Gisela of swabia: Holy roman empire empress   

1050  Henry iv: Holy roman emperor   

1154  Sancho i: King of portugal (1185-1212)   

1155  Alfonso viii: The noble one, king of castilia   

1220  Alphonse of toulouse: Son of louis viii of france   

1493  Bernardo tasso: Italian poet   

1493  Paracelsus: Doctor   

1523  Joachim hopperus: [hoppers], frisian lawyer/politician   

0307  Death of Flavius valerius severus: Compassionate emperor of rome (306-07),   

0397  Death of Martinus: (st maarten), roman bishop of tours,   

0405  Death of Arsacius: Intruding archbishop of constantinople   

0511  Death of Clovis: King of salische france/founder of merovingische,   

0537  Pope silverius: Saint   

0826  Theodore the studite: Byzantine theologist/poet/saint,   

0865  Petronas the patrician: Byzantine general   

1150  Hartbert: Bishop of utrecht (1140-50),