Page 14: 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   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 in the year 1911.   

Oct 29   In the year 1911 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   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 in the year 1911.   

Nov 03   On this day in history salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79   

Nov 03   Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation) on this day in history.   

Nov 04   On this day in history charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma   

Nov 04   Jack Rose, screenwriter in the year 1911.   

Nov 05   On this day in history calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17)   

Nov 05   First transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes in the year 1911.   

Nov 05   On this day in history italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica   

Nov 05   Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica in the year 1911.   

Nov 05   Roy Rogers, Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show) on this day in history.   

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   Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly & charitable works) in the year 1911.   

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   The birth of Rev. Chad Varah, Founder of the 'Samaritans' in the year 1911.   

Nov 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1911 alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies   

Nov 18   Britain's 1st seaplane flies in the year 1911.   

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   In the year 1911 birth of endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27]   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1911 birth of john Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)   

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

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   On this day in history birth of nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)   

Jan 03   Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851) died in the year 1911.   

Jan 09   In the year 1911 edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57   

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 in the year 1911.   

Feb 04   In the year 1911 peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75   

Feb 05   Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies in the year 1911.