Page 14: Historical Events In 1911

Oct 26   Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands) on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1911 phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series   

Oct 27   Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront) in the year 1911.   

Oct 28   Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC in the year 1911.   

Oct 29   Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader on this day in history.   

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

Nov 01   In the year 1911 introduction of compulsory military training   

Nov 02   Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1911.   

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

Nov 04   On this day in history jack Rose, screenwriter   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 05   Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica in the year 1911.   

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) in the year 1911.   

Nov 06   Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico in the year 1911.   

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) 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   On this day in history patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny)   

Nov 12   On this day in history luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates)   

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   Charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade) on this day in history.   

Nov 18   In the year 1911 alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies   

Nov 18   In the year 1911 britain's 1st seaplane flies   

Nov 18   On this day in history britain's first seaplane flies   

Nov 19   NY receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy in the year 1911.   

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

Jan 01   Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger) was born in the year 1911.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)   

Jan 06   Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact) was born in the year 1911.   

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

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

Jan 09   Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1911.   

Jan 15   Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1911.   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67   

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   On this day in history petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies