Page 15: Historical Events In 1911
Saturday, 14 February 2026
Nov 24 Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor (Sky King). 


Nov 25 3rd CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7. 


Nov 26 Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs. 


Nov 27 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US. 


Nov 27 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix/Kuifje). 


Nov 28 Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico 


Nov 29 Klaus EJ Fuchs, German/British atomic physicist/spy. 


Dec 01 Walter Alston, baseball manager (Dodgers) 


Dec 03 Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures). 


Dec 03 Nino Rota, Italian composer is born. 


Dec 05 Alfred Manessier, French painter (leaded windows) 


Dec 06 Alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary 


Dec 07 Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in NYC. 


Dec 08 Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront). 


Dec 09 Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol). 


Dec 10 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days) 


Dec 10 Calbraith Rogers completes inaugural crossing of US by airplane (84 days). 


Dec 10 Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report). 


Dec 10 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94 


Dec 11 Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer (Nobel 1988). 


Dec 11 Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92. 


Dec 12 Anna Russell, composer. 


Dec 12 In this year, Delhi formally adopts in place of Calcutta as the capital of India. 


Dec 13 Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest). 


Dec 13 Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies. 


Dec 14 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his expedition of four companions, are the inaugural to reach the South Pole and return safely 


Dec 14 Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader/founder (Federal Trust). 


Dec 14 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, is recorded as becoming the inaugural man to reach the South Pole. 


Dec 14 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen. 


Dec 17 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light). 


Dec 18 Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79. 


Dec 18 Helen Vlachos, journalist 


Dec 20 Hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts and Letters 1967). 


Dec 21 Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth" (hit 800+ HRs) 


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