Historical Events In 1911

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

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   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 in the year 1911.  

Oct 29   On this day in history phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader  

Oct 30   On this day in history clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators  

Nov 01   On this day in history introduction of compulsory military training  

Nov 02   On this day in history odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979)  

Nov 03   In the year 1911 chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.  

Nov 03   Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 04   In the year 1911 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   On this day in history first transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes.  

Nov 05   In the year 1911 italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica  

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   In the year 1911 francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico  

Nov 07   In the year 1911 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   Harry Andrews, Kent England, actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha) in the year 1911.  

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   In the year 1911 patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny)  

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' on this day in history.  

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

Nov 17   In the year 1911 charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade)  

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27] was born in the year 1911.  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) (d. 2001) was born in the year 1911.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People) was born in the year 1911.  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88  

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

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