Historical Events In 1911

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

Nov 01   In the year 1911 introduction of compulsory military training  

Nov 02   Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979) in the year 1911.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1911.  

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   On this day in history italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica  

Nov 05   On this day in history italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica  

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

Nov 06   In the year 1911 francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico  

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1911 patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny)  

Nov 12   Luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates) on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 18   Britain's 1st seaplane flies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   John Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57  

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   Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   In the year 1911 petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies