Page 9: Historical Events In 1911

Jun 26   Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)   

Jun 27   Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US, 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania.   

Jun 28   Joseph Caillaux forms govt in France.   

Jun 29   Bernard Herrmann, NYC, composes film music.   

Jun 29   Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn is recorded as becoming premier   

Jun 30   Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War   

Jun 30   Czeslaw Milosz, Polish/American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980).   

Jun 30   US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes   

Jul 01   Alvino Rey, Cleve Ohio, orch leader (King Family).   

Jul 01   Formation of Royal Australian Navy (RAN)   

Jul 01   German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco.   

Jul 02   Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader (Vatican movie bureau)   

Jul 02   Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54   

Jul 03   Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)   

Jul 03   Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day.   

Jul 04   105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)   

Jul 04   Mitch Miller, Rochester NY, sing along with Mitch (Yellow Rose of Tx)   

Jul 04   Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak   

Jul 05   George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85   

Jul 05   Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France.   

Jul 05   Georges Pompidou, French statesman is born.   

Jul 06   inaugural naval aviation base established at Annapolis, MD   

Jul 07   28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60).   

Jul 07   Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record 25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship.   

Jul 07   Eddie Mayehoff, Balt Md, actor (Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife).   

Jul 08   Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering).   

Jul 08   Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse   

Jul 08   Nan Aspinwall is inaugural woman to make solo transcontin. trip by horse.   

Jul 09   Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/landowner   

Jul 10   105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record).   

Jul 10   Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier of Indonesia   

Jul 11   A huge forest fire breaks out in Porcupine district near Timmins, fanned by high winds into a 40 km long front, the fire takes 200 lives; over 3000 left homeless; burns up 2200 sq. km, destroying the mining communities of South Porcupine, Cochrane and Goldlands   

Jul 12   Johanna Moosdorf, writer.   

Jul 14   46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines   

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Jan 01   Endre szervanszky: Composer [or dec 27]   

Jan 01   Hank greenberg: Hall-of-fame 1st baseman (detroit tiger)   

Jan 03   John sturges: Us, director (old man & sea, magnificent 7)   

Jan 05   Jean-pierre aumont: French actor   

Jan 05   Jean-pierre aumont: Paris france, actor (cat & mouse, happy hooker)    

Jan 06   Eduardo frei montalva: President of chile (1964-70)   

Jan 06   Joey adams: Bkln ny, comedian/actor/columnist (abc's back that fact)   

Jan 06   Nikolai afanasyevich kryuchkov: Actor (telegram, town people)   

Jan 03   Alexandros papadiamantis: Greek author (b. 1851)   

Jan 09   Edwin arthur jones: Composer,    

Jan 15   Wilhelm berger: Composer,   

Jan 17   Francis galton: English scholar,   

Jan 24   Carl eilhardt: Composer,    

Jan 26   Charles wentworth dilke: English undersecretary of state,    

Feb 04   Peter a "piet" cronje: South africa boer general,    

Feb 05   Petrus a cronjé: Transvaal boer general,