1911 34605 224865454 2008-07-10T19:28:52Z EALacey 13429 /* Undated */ some of these can't be verified from the linked articles {{for|the 1911 model firearm|M1911 Colt pistol}} {{for|the [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition]] template|Template:1911}} {{year nav|1911}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1911''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the 13-day-slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 13-day span=Mon-Sun,Tue-Mon,Wed-Tue,Thu-Wed,Fr-Th,Sa-Fr,Sun-Sat --> {{C20YearTOC}} ==Events of 1911== ===January=== <!--Link dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Northern Territory]] is politically separated from [[South Australia]] and transferred to [[Australia|Commonwealth]] control. * [[January 3]] - In [[London]], in what becomes known as the [[Siege of Sidney Street]], the [[Metropolitan Police Service|Metropolitan Police]] and the [[Scots Guards]] engage in a shootout with a criminal gang of [[Latvia]]n [[Anarchism|anarchists]] held up in a building in the [[East End of London|East End]]. * [[January 5]] - [[Kappa Alpha Psi|Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity]] is founded at [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]], [[Bloomington, Indiana]]. * [[January 10]] - Major [[Jimmie Erickson]] takes the first [[aerial photography|aerial photograph]] (over [[San Diego, California]]). * [[January 12]] - The [[University of the Philippines College of Law]] is formally established; three future [[President of the Philippines|Philippine presidents]] are among the first enrollees. * [[January 18]] - [[Eugene B. Ely]] lands on the deck of the [[USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)|USS ''Pennsylvania'']] stationed in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. * [[January 21]] **<!--January 21--->First Monte Carlo races ([[Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo]]). **<!--January 21--->The [[Tati Concessions Land]], formerly part of [[Matabeleland]], was formally annexed to the [[Bechuanaland Protectorate]] (modern [[Botswana]]). * [[January 26]] - [[Glenn H. Curtiss]] flies the first successful [[seaplane]]. * [[January 30]] - The destroyer [[USS Terry (DD-25)|USS ''Terry'']] makes the first [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]] rescue at sea, saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] ===February=== *[[February 18]] - First official air mail flight took place in Allahabad, India to Naini, India, when Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km. ===March=== *March - The first installment of a serialized version of [[Frederick Winslow Taylor]]'s [[monograph]] ''The Principles of Scientific Management'' ([http://www.eldritchpress.org/fwt/taylor.html online version here]) appears in ''[[American Magazine]]''. The complete series runs in the March, April, and May issues, giving a boost to the efficiency movement. * [[March 1]] - [[José Batlle y Ordóñez]] is elected President of [[Uruguay]]. * [[March 8]] - [[International Women's Day]] is celebrated for the first time * [[March 10]] - Kansas legislature approves House Bill Number 906, effectively the first [[blue sky law]] in the United States, culminating an effort by [[Joseph Norman Dolley]], Kansas' banking commissioner. * [[March 24]] - [[Denmark]] abolishes [[death penalty]] and [[flogging]] * [[March 25]] - Fire at the [[Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire|Triangle Shirtwaist Factory]] in [[New York City]] - 145 dead * [[March 29]] - United States Army formally adopts the [[M1911 pistol]] as its standard sidearm, thus giving the gun its 1911 designation. ===April=== * [[April 6]] - Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, Leader of the Malësori Albanians raises the Albanian flag in the town of [[Tuzi]], [[Montenegro]] for the first time after [[Gjergj Kastrioti]] (Skenderbeg). * [[April 13]] - [[Mexican revolution]] - Rebels take [[Agua Prieta]] along the [[United States|US]] border. Government troops take the town back [[April 17]] when the rebel leader "Red" Lopez is drunk * [[April 19]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Francisco Madero]]'s troops besiege [[Ciudad Juarez]] but general [[Juan J. Navarro]] refuses his demand of surrender * [[April 27]] - Following the resignation and death of [[William P. Frye]], a [[Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913|compromise is reached to rotate]] the office of [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]]. * [[April 30]] - Sparks from a burning hayshed ignite the [[Great Fire of 1911]], destroying much of downtown [[Bangor, Maine]]. === May === [[Image:NYCPubLibrary.jpg|thumb|200px|right| '''[[May 23]]''': [[New York Public Library]] dedication ceremony held.]] * [[May 8]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Pancho Villa]] launches an attack against government troops in [[Ciudad Juarez]] without Madero's permission. Government troops surrender [[May 10]]. * [[May 11]] - [[Futurists|Futurist]] exhibition in [[Milan]] was the first of efforts by the group to make its theories concrete. * [[May 15]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] declares [[Standard Oil]] to be an "unreasonable" [[monopoly]] under the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]] and orders the company to be dissolved. * [[May 17]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Porfirio Diaz]] is convinced to resign but he does not do it officially. * [[May 21]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - Peace treaty between rebels of Madero and government troops in [[Ciudad Juarez]]. * [[May 23]] - Dedication ceremony for the [[New York Public Library]]. * [[May 24]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - Government troops fire at anti-Diaz demonstrators in [[Mexico City]] - about 200 dead (official claim only 40). * [[May 25]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Porfirio Diaz|Diaz]] signs his resignation and leaves for [[Veracruz]]; on [[May 31]] he leaves for exile in [[France]]. * [[May 30]] - The first [[Indianapolis 500]]-mile auto race is run. The winner is [[Ray Harroun]] in the [[Marmon]] 'Wasp' and titanic was lunched <gallery> </gallery> ===June=== * [[June 7]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Francisco Madero]] arrives in [[Mexico City]] just after a local [[earthquake]]. * [[June 14]] **<!--June 14--->A national seamen's strike begins in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. **<!--June 14--->[[RMS Olympic]], sister to the [[RMS Titanic]], begins her [[maiden voyage]] at [[Southampton]], [[England]]. * [[June 15]] - [[IBM]] incorporated as [[Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR)]] in [[New York]]. * [[June 16]] - A 772-[[gram]] stony [[meteorite]] struck earth in [[Columbia County, Wisconsin]] near the village of [[Kilbourn, Wisconsin|Kilbourn]] damaging a barn. *[[June 17]] - The [[University of Iceland]] is founded. * [[June 22]] - Coronation of [[George V of the United Kingdom]] and [[Mary of Teck]] at [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]]. * [[June 28]] - The [[Nakhla meteorite]] (from [[Mars]]) lands in the area of [[Alexandria, Egypt]], purportedly killing a dog. ===July=== * [[July 1]] - German Warship ''Panther'' in the Moroccan port of Agadir triggers [[Agadir Crisis]] escalating pre-WW1 tensions. Subsequent climbdown rallies German militancy. * [[July 24]] - [[Hiram Bingham III|Hiram Bingham]] rediscovers [[Machu Picchu]]. [[Image:Peru Machu Picchu Sunset.jpg|thumb|200px|right| '''[[July 24]]''': [[Machu Picchu]]]] ===August=== * [[August 8]] - [[Public Law 62-5]] sets the number of representatives in the [[United States House of Representatives]] at 435. The law will take effect in [[1913]]. * [[August 9]] - [[Raunds]], [[Northamptonshire]] records a temperature of 98°F (36.7°C), the highest [[United Kingdom|UK]] temperature until [[1990]]. * [[August 10]] - British [[Member of Parliament|MP]]s vote to receive [[salary|salaries]] for the first time. * [[August 22]] - Theft of ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' discovered in [Louvre] ([[Vincenzo Peruggia]] is captured and the painting returned 1913). * [[August 29]] - The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day (Kerala, India), for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese. For details on the community see "knanaya" in Wikipedia. Added by JVL (RM) ===September=== * [[September 7]] - [[France|French]] poet [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' from the [[Louvre]] museum. He is later released. * [[September 11]] - [[Middle Tennessee State University]] is founded in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]] as Middle Tennessee Normal School. * [[September 20]] - The liner [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']], sister ship to the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], collides with [[Royal Navy]] cruiser HMS ''Hawke'' outside Southampton, England. *[[September 25]] **<!--September 25--->French navy ship ''Liberté'' explodes at anchor in [[Toulon]] **<!--September 25--->Groundbreaking for [[Fenway Park]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], begins. * [[September 30]] - A concrete [[Austin Dam|dam]] owned by the Bayless Pulp & Paper Mill breaks, wiping out the town of [[Austin, Pennsylvania]] and continuing downstream about 8 miles into the village of Costello. ===October=== *October - First [[Solvay Conference|Solvay Congress]] - meeting of physicists * [[October 6]] - The [[British Seafarers' Union]] was formed in [[Southampton]] in [[England]]. * [[October 10]] **<!--October 10--->[[Wuchang Uprising]] starts the [[Xinhai Revolution]] that will lead to the founding of the [[Republic of China]]. **<!--October 10--->[[Robert Laird Borden]] becomes [[Canada]]'s eighth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]]. * [[October 16]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Félix Díaz|Felix Diaz]], nephew of [[Porfirio Diaz]], occupies the port of [[Veracruz]] as a sign of rebellion against Madero * [[October 18]] - revolutionaries under [[Sun Yat-sen]] overthrew [[China]]'s [[Manchu]] dynasty. * [[October 24]] - [[Orville Wright]] remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a [[glider]] at [[Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina]] setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. [http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/exhibits/wright/htmlFiles/Oxj4.html] * [[October 28]] - Foundation of [[The Rosicrucian Fellowship]]'s international headquarters at [[Mount Ecclesia]], [[Oceanside, California]]. It had been preceded by its formal constitution in [[August 8]] [[1909]] at [[Seattle, Washington]]. ===November=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Visoko2.jpg|thumb|200px|'''[[November 11]]: '''Old district of [[Visoko]] today: In November 1911 it was almost completely destroyed by fire.]] * [[November 3]] - [[Chevrolet]] officially enters the [[automobile]] market to compete with the [[Ford Model T]]. * [[November 4]] - ''[[Selandia]]'' launched in [[Denmark]], the first ocean going [[diesel]] Ship. * [[November 5]] - After declaring war on [[Turkey]] on [[September 29]], 1911, [[Italy]] annexes [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and [[Cyrenaica]] (this act was confirmed by an act of the Italian Parliament on [[February 25]], [[1912]]). * [[November 11]] **<!--November 11--->A record cold snap hits the United States midwest. Many cities break record highs and lows on same day. (see [[The 11/11/11 cold wave]]). **<!--November 11--->Big fire struck [[Visoko]] burning over 450 [[house]]s and other objects. The upper city area was completely burned, as well all the houses down the main street alongside Beledija. * [[November 15]] - Prince [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco|Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi]] of [[Monaco]], heir to the throne and later Reigning Prince [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco|Louis II of Monaco]] officially recognizes his illegitimate daughter [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois|Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet]] as [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois|Princess Charlotte of Monaco]]. * [[November 16]] - [[Earthquake]] in [[Swabia|Swab]], South [[Germany]] * [[November 17]] - [[Omega Psi Phi|Omega Psi Phi Fraternity]] is founded at [[Howard University]]. ===December=== [[Image:Humanyu.JPG|thumb|200px|right| '''[[December 11]]''': [[Coronation]] ceremonies in new capital of [[India]], [[New Delhi]], site of [[Humayun's Tomb]]]] * [[December 11]] - [[Coronation]] in [[New Delhi]] of [[George V of the United Kingdom]] and [[Mary of Teck]] as [[Emperor of India]] and [[Empress consort]] respectively * [[December 12]] - The capital of [[India]] was shifted to [[New Delhi]] from [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]]). * [[December 14]] - [[Roald Amundsen]]'s expedition reaches the [[South Pole]] * [[December 21]] - First robbery of the [[Bonnot gang]] * [[December 23]] - [[Constantin Stanislavski|Stanislavski]] and [[Edward Gordon Craig|Craig's]] seminal [[The MAT production of Hamlet|production of ''Hamlet'']] opened at the [[Moscow Arts Theatre]] * [[December 24]] - Opening of [[Lackawanna Cutoff]], the first of two major cutoffs built by the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]], just three years after it was built. * [[December 29]] - [[Sun Yat-sen]] becomes the first President of the [[Republic of China]] ===Undated=== * First [[Urdu]] language typewriter made available.{{fact|date=July 2008}} * In [[Canada]], the Dominion Parks Branch was established (now [[Parks Canada]]), the world's first national park service. In 1911 it fell under the Department of the Interior, and now resides within the Department of the Environment. * [[Appleby College]], a Canadian [[university-preparatory schools]], is founded. * [[University of Wales, Bangor]] moves to new buildings. * [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]] published. * [[Ernest Rutherford]] deduces the existence of a [[atom|compact atomic nucleus]] from [[rutherford scattering|scattering experiments]]. * [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] discovers [[superconductivity]]. * [[Southern Methodist University]] is founded in Dallas, Texas. *1 out of every 7 employed persons is a domestic servant in [[Great Britain]].{{fact|date=July 2008}} ===Ongoing=== *[[Champagne Riots]] *[[Mexican Revolution]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Meiji period|Meiji]] 44}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] **<!--January 1--->[[Roman Totenberg]], Polish-American violinist **<!--January 1--->[[Hank Greenberg]], baseball player (d. [[1986]]) *[[January 3]] - [[John Sturges]], American film director (d. [[1982]]) *[[January 5]] - [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]], French actor (d. [[2001]]) *[[January 7]] - [[Butterfly McQueen]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) *[[January 11]] - [[Zenko Suzuki]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[January 13]] - [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]], Premier of Queensland (d. [[2005]]) *[[January 17]] - [[George Joseph Stigler]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1991]]) *[[January 19]] – [[Ken Nelson (United States record producer)|Ken Nelson]], American record producer and music executive (d. [[2008]]) *[[January 22]] - [[Bruno Kreisky]], [[Chancellor of Austria]] (d. [[1990]]) *[[January 24]] - [[C. L. Moore]], American writer (d. [[1987]]) *[[January 25]] - [[Kurt Maetzig]], German director *[[January 26]] - [[Polykarp Kusch]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1993]]) *[[January 29]] - [[Peter von Siemens]], German industrialist (d. [[1986]]) *[[January 30]] - [[Roy Eldridge]], American jazz musician (d. [[1989]]) *[[February 5]] - [[Jussi Björling]], Swedish tenor (d. [[1960]]) *[[February 6]] - [[Ronald Reagan]], [[President of the United States|United States President]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[February 8]] - [[Elizabeth Bishop]], American poet (d. [[1979]]) *[[February 11]] - [[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]] (Carroll Daly), fifth president of Ireland (d. [[1978]]) *[[February 12]] - [[Stephen H. Sholes]], American recording executive (d. [[1968]]) *[[February 14]] - [[Willem Johan Kolff]], Dutch inventor of hemodialysis *[[February 17]] - [[Oskar Seidlin]], Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (d. [[1984]]) *[[February 19]] - [[Merle Oberon]], British actress (d. [[1979]]) *[[February 28]] - [[Otakar Vávra]], Czech director ===March-April=== *[[March 3]] - [[Jean Harlow]], American actress (d. [[1937]]) *[[March 6]] - [[Nikolai Baibakov]], Soviet statesman (d. [[2008]]) *[[March 8]] - [[Alan Hovhaness]], American composer (d. [[2000]]) *[[March 9]] - [[Ebby Halliday]], American realtor *[[March 12]] - [[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]], Mexican president (d. [[1979]]) *[[March 13]] **<!--March 13--->[[L. Ron Hubbard]], American author (d. [[1986]]) **<!--March 13--->[[Marie Rudisill]], American author and [[Fruitcake Lady]] (d. [[2006]]) *[[March 15]] - [[Ursula Vaughan Williams]], British author (d. [[2007]]) *[[March 16]] **<!--March 16--->[[Pierre Harmel]], Belgian Prime minister **<!--March 16--->[[Josef Mengele]], Nazi Germany war criminal (d. [[1979]]) *[[March 18]] - [[Al Benton]], baseball player (d. [[1968]]) *[[March 20]] - [[Alfonso García Robles]], Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1991]]) *[[March 24]] **<!--March 24--->[[Joseph Barbera]], American cartoonist (d. [[2006]]) **<!--March 24--->[[Jane Drew]], English architect (d. [[1996]]) *[[March 25]] - [[Jack Ruby]], American killer of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] (d. [[1967]]) *[[March 26]] **<!--March 26--->[[Bernard Katz]], German-born biophysicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2003]]) **<!--March 26--->[[Tennessee Williams]], American playwright (d. [[1983]]) *[[March 27]] - [[Erich Heller]], British philosopher, long resident in the U.S. (d. [[1990]]) *[[March 29]] - [[Brigitte Horney]], German-born actress (d. [[1988]]) *[[March 31]] - [[Elisabeth Grümmer]], Alsatian soprano (d. [[1986]]) *[[March 31]] - [[Freddie Green]], [[jazz guitarist]] (d. [[1987]]) *[[April 3]] - [[Michael Woodruff]], British/Australian pioneering [[Organ transplant|transplant]] surgeon (d. [[2001]]) *[[April 6]] - [[Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen]], German biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1979]]) *[[April 8]] **<!--April 8--->[[Melvin Calvin]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1997]]) **<!--April 8--->[[Emil Cioran]], Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. [[1995]]) *[[April 11]] - [[Stanislawa Walasiewicz]], Polish-born runner (d. [[1980]]) *[[April 13]] - [[William Tuttle]], American makeup artist (d. [[2007]]) *[[April 15]] - [[Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy]], Egyptian [[Faqih|Muslim jurist]] (d. [[1998]]) *[[April 17]] - [[Lester Rodney]], American journalist *[[April 18]] **<!--April 18--->[[Maurice Goldhaber]], Austrian-American physicist **<!--April 18--->[[Huntington Hartford]], American businessman and heir to A&P (d. [[2008]]) *[[April 23]] - [[Ronald Neame]], British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director *[[April 26]] - [[Marianne Hoppe]], German actress (d. [[2002]]) ===May-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[May 1]] - [[Anthony Salerno]], member of the U.S. La Cosa Nostra and a leader in the Genovese Family (d. [[1992]]) *[[May 5]] - [[Andor Lilienthal]], Hungarian Chess Grandmaster *[[May 8]] - [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], American guitarist and singer (d. [[1938]]) *[[May 10]] - [[Bel Kaufman]], German born American author *[[May 11]] **<!--May 11--->[[Phil Silvers]], American actor and comedian (d. [[1985]]) **<!--May 11--->[[May 11]] - [[Doodles Weaver]], American actor and comedian (d. [[1983]]) *[[May 15]] - [[Max Frisch]], Swiss author (d. [[1991]]) *[[May 17]] **<!--May 17--->[[Lisa Fonssagrives]], Swedish model (d. [[1992]]) **<!--May 17--->[[Maureen O'Sullivan]], Irish actress (d. [[1998]]) *[[May 18]] - [[Big Joe Turner]], American singer (d. [[1985]]) *[[May 20]] **<!--May 20--->[[Gardner Fox]], American writer (d. [[1986]]) **<!--May 20--->[[Milt Gabler]], American record producer (d. [[2001]]) *[[May 22]] - [[Anatol Rapoport]], Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (d. [[2007]]) *[[May 24]] **<!--May 24--->[[Carleen Hutchins]], American violin maker **<!--May 24--->[[Barbara West]], Second-to-last living survivor of the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] sinking (d. [[2007]]) *[[May 26]] - [[Ben Alexander]], American actor (d. [[1969]]) *[[May 27]] **<!--May 27--->[[Hubert H. Humphrey]], U.S. Vice President and Senator (d. [[1978]]) **<!--May 27--->[[Teddy Kollek]], Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (d. [[2007]]) **[[Vincent Price]], American actor (d. [[1993]]) *[[May 28]] - [[Fritz Hochwälder]], Austrian author (d. [[1986]]) *[[May 31]] - [[Maurice Allais]], French economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[June 13]] - [[Luis Alvarez]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1988]]) *[[June 15]] - [[W.V. Awdry]], English children's writer (d. [[1997]]) *[[June 20]] - [[Paul Pietsch]], German racer and magazine magnate *[[June 24]] **<!--June 24--->[[Ernesto Sabato]], Argentine writer **<!--June 24--->[[Juan Manuel Fangio]], Argentine race car driver (d. [[1995]]) *[[June 25]] - [[William Howard Stein]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1980]]) *[[June 26]] - [[Babe Didrikson Zaharias]], American athlete and golfer (d. [[1956]]) *[[June 29]] **<!--June 29--->[[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]] (d. [[2004]]) **<!--June 29--->[[Bernard Herrmann]], American composer (d. [[1975]]) *[[June 30]] - [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2004]]) ===July-August=== *[[July 1]] - [[Sergei Sokolov (Marshal)|Sergei Sokolov]], Marshal of the Soviet Union *[[July 4]] **[[Mitch Miller]], American singer and television personality **[[Frederick Seitz]], American scientist (d. [[2008]]) * [[July 5]] - [[Georges Pompidou]], [[President of France]] (d. [[1974]]) * [[July 6]] - [[LaVerne Andrews]], member of the [[1940s]] [[Big Band]]/[[Swing (genre)|Swing]] group [[The Andrews Sisters]] is born in [[Mound, Minnesota|Mound]], [[Minnesota]] (d. [[1967]]) *[[July 7]] - [[Gian-Carlo Menotti]], Italian born American composer (d. [[2007]]) *[[July 9]] **[[John Archibald Wheeler]], American physicist (d. [[2008]]) **[[Mervyn Peake]], British writer and illustrator (d. [[1968]]) *[[July 16]] **[[Jerry Burke]], American musician (d. [[1965]]) **[[Ginger Rogers]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) *[[July 17]] - [[Ted Anderson (footballer)|Ted Anderson]], English footballer (d. [[1979]]) *[[July 18]] - [[Hume Cronyn]], Canadian actor (d. [[2003]]) *[[July 21]] - [[Marshall McLuhan]], Canadian author (d. [[1980]]) *[[July 27]] - [[Lupita Tovar]], Mexican actress *[[August 6]] - [[Lucille Ball]], American actress (d. [[1989]]) *[[August 9]] - [[William Alfred Fowler]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1995]]) *[[August 10]] - [[A. N. Sherwin-White]], English historian of Ancient Rome (d. [[1993]]) *[[August 11]] - [[William H. Avery (politician)|William H. Avery]], American politician *[[August 12]] - [[Jane Wyatt]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) *[[August 18]] - [[Amelia Boynton Robinson]], American civil rights activist *[[August 17]] - [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player (d. [[1995]]) *[[August 23]] **[[Betty Robinson]], American athlete (d. [[1999]]) **[[Birger Ruud]], Norwegian athlete (d. [[1998]]) *[[August 25]] - [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]], Vietnamese General, [[First Indochina War]], [[Vietnam War]] *[[August 27]] - [[Kay Walsh]], British actress (d. [[2005]]) ===September-October=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[September 2]] - [[Floyd Council]], American musician (d. [[1976]]) *[[September 6]] - [[Harry Danning]], baseball player (d. [[2004]]) *[[September 9]] - [[John Gorton]], nineteenth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[2002]]) *[[September 15]] - [[Joseph Pevney]], American director *[[September 19]] - [[William Golding]], English writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1993]]) *[[September 20]] - [[Shriram Sharma Acharya]], founder of All world Gayatri Pariwar (d. [[1990]]) *[[September 23]] - [[Frank Moss (politician)|Frank Moss]], U.S. Senator from Utah (d. [[2003]]) *[[September 24]] - [[Herbert Jeffreys]], American singer and actor *[[September 27]] - [[John Harvey (actor)|John Harvey]], stage and film actor (d. [[1982]]) *[[September 29]] - [[Charles Court]], Australian politician (d. [[2007]]) *[[October 5]] **<!--October 5--->[[Flann O'Brien]], Irish humorist (d. [[1966]]) **<!--October 5--->[[Pierre Dansereau]], Canadian ecologist *[[October 9]] - [[Joe Rosenthal]], American photographer (d. [[2006]]) *[[October 10]] - [[Clare Hollingworth]], British journalist *[[October 13]] - [[Ashok Kumar (actor)|Ashok Kumar]], Indian actor (d. [[2001]]) *[[October 14]] - [[Le Duc Tho]], Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1990]]) *[[October 15]] - [[James H. Schmitz]], German-born American science fiction writer (d. [[1981]]) *[[October 26]] - [[Sid Gillman]], American football coach (d. [[2003]]) *[[October 30]] - [[Ruth Hussey]], American actress (d. [[2005]]) ===November-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 1]] **<!--November 1--->[[Sidney Wood]], American tennis player **<!--November 1--->[[Henri Troyat]], French writer (d. [[2007]]) *[[November 2]] - [[Odysseas Elytis]], Greek writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1996]]) *[[November 5]] - [[Roy Rogers]], American singer and actor (d. [[1998]]) *[[November 12]] - [[Chad Varah]], British priest and humanitarian (d. [[2007]]) *[[November 13]] - [[Buck O'Neil]], American baseball player and manager (d. [[2006]]) *[[November 24]] - [[Erik Bergman]], Finnish composer (d. [[2006]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Roelof Frankot]], Dutch painter (d. [[1984]]) *[[November 27]] **[[David Merrick]], American theater producer (d. [[2000]]) **[[Fe del Mundo]], Filipino pediatrician and [[National Scientist of the Philippines|National Scientist]] *[[November 28]] – [[Václav Renč]], Czech poet, dramatist and translator (d. [[1973]]) *[[December 3]] - [[Nino Rota]], Italian composer (d. [[1979]]) *[[December 8]] - [[Lee J. Cobb]], American actor (d. [[1976]]) *[[December 11]] **<!--December 11--->[[Naguib Mahfouz]], Egyptian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2006]]) **<!--December 11--->[[Val Guest]], British film director (d. [[2006]]) *[[December 13]] **<!--December 13--->[[Trygve Haavelmo]], Norwegian economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1999]]) **<!--December 13--->[[Kenneth Patchen]], American poet and painter (d. [[1972]]) *[[December 18]] - [[Jules Dassin]], American director (d. [[2008]]) *[[December 20]] - [[Hortense Calisher]], American author *[[December 21]] - [[Josh Gibson]], baseball player (d. [[1947]]) *[[December 23]] - [[Niels Kaj Jerne]], English-born immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1994]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Louise Bourgeois]], French born American artist *[[December 26]] - [[Arsenio Lacson]], Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. [[1962]]) *[[December 27]] - [[Anna Russell]], British comedian and singer (d. [[2006]]) *[[December 30]] - [[Jeanette Nolan]], American actress (d. [[1998]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Yolande Beekman]], French-born World War II heroine (d. [[1944]]) **[[Jaime Ornelas Camacho]], Portuguese-born politician ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 17]] - Sir [[Francis Galton]], English explorer and biologist (b. [[1822]]) *[[February 4]] - [[Piet Cronjé]], Boer general (b. [[1836]]) *[[February 15]] - [[Theodor Escherich]], paediatrician (b. [[1857]]) *[[March 1]] - [[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]], Dutch chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1852]]) *[[April 10]] - [[Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis]], Lithuanian artist and composer (b. [[1875]]) *[[April 25]] - [[Emilio Salgari]], Italian writer (b. [[1862]]) *[[April 29]] - [[Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]] (b. [[1846]]) *[[May 18]] - [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer (b. [[1860]]) *[[May 21]] - [[Williamina Fleming]], Scottish astronomer (b. [[1857]]) *[[May 27]] - [[Thursday October Christian II]], Pitcairn Islands leader (b. [[1820]]) *[[May 29]] - [[W. S. Gilbert|William S. Gilbert]], English dramatist (b. [[1836]]) *[[June 2]] - [[Axel Olof Freudenthal]], philologist and politician (b. 1836) *[[June 9]] - [[Carrie Nation]], American temperance activist (b. [[1846]]) *[[June 25]] - [[Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy]] (b. [[1843]]) ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] - [[Clement A. Evans]], Confederate general (b. [[1833]]) *[[July 15]] - [[Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]] (b. [[1832]]) *[[July 16]] - [[August Harambašić]], Croatian writer (b. [[1861]]) *[[August 1]] - [[Edwin Austin Abbey]], American painter (b. [[1852]]) *[[August 8]] - [[William P. Frye]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1830]]) *[[August 12]] - [[Jules Brunet]], French military leader (b. [[1838]]) *[[September 16]] - [[Edward Whymper]], British explorer (b. [[1840]]) *[[October 7]] - [[John Hughlings Jackson]], English neurologist (b. [[1835]]) *[[October 14]] - [[John Marshall Harlan]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1833]]) *[[October 24]] - [[Ida Lewis (lighthouse keeper)|Ida Lewis]], lighthouse keeper (b. [[1842]]) *[[October 29]] - [[Joseph Pulitzer]], Hungarian-born newspaper publisher and journalist (b. [[1847]]) *[[October 31]] - [[John Joseph Montgomery]], American glider pioneer (b. [[1858]]) *[[November 26]] - [[Komura Jutarō]], Japanese statesman (b. [[1855]]) *[[December 10]] - [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]], English botanist (b. [[1817]]) *[[December 22]] - [[Odilon Lannelongue]], French surgeon (b. [[1840]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Arthur F. Griffith]], American calculating prodigy (b. [[1880]]) *''date unknown'' - [[William George Aston]], British consular official (b. [[1841]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Wilhelm Wien]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Maria Skłodowska-Curie]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Allvar Gullstrand]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Maurice Maeterlinck|Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Tobias Michael Carel Asser]] [[Alfred Hermann Fried]] ==Notes== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} ==External links== ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1911| ]] [[af:1911]] [[am:1911 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1911]] [[an:1911]] [[frp:1911]] [[ast:1911]] [[av:1911]] [[az:1911]] [[bn:১৯১১]] [[map-bms:1911]] [[be:1911]] [[be-x-old:1911]] [[bh:१९११]] [[bs:1911]] [[br:1911]] [[bg:1911]] [[ca:1911]] [[cv:1911]] [[cs:1911]] [[co:1911]] [[cy:1911]] [[da:1911]] [[de:1911]] [[et:1911]] [[el:1911]] [[es:1911]] [[eo:1911]] [[eu:1911]] [[fa:۱۹۱۱ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1911]] [[hif:1911]] [[fr:1911]] [[fy:1911]] [[ga:1911]] [[gan:1911年]] [[gv:1911]] [[gd:1911]] [[gl:1911]] [[ko:1911년]] [[hy:1911]] [[hi:1911]] [[hr:1911.]] [[io:1911]] [[ilo:1911]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯১১]] [[id:1911]] [[ia:1911]] [[os:1911]] [[is:1911]] [[it:1911]] [[he:1911]] [[jv:1911]] [[pam:1911]] [[kn:೧೯೧೧]] [[ka:1911]] [[csb:1911]] [[kk:1911]] [[kw:1911]] [[sw:1911]] [[ht:1911 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1911]] [[la:1911]] [[lb:1911]] [[lt:1911 m.]] [[lij:1911]] [[lmo:1911]] [[hu:1911]] [[mk:1911]] [[mi:1911]] [[mr:इ.स. १९११]] [[ms:1911]] [[mn:1911]] [[nah:1911]] [[nl:1911]] [[new:ई सं १९११]] [[ja:1911年]] [[nap:1911]] [[no:1911]] [[nn:1911]] [[nrm:1911]] [[nov:1911]] [[oc:1911]] [[uz:1911]] [[pi:१९११]] [[nds:1911]] [[pl:1911]] [[pt:1911]] [[ty:1911]] [[ksh:Joohr 1911]] [[ro:1911]] [[ru:1911 год]] [[se:1911]] [[sq:1911]] [[scn:1911]] [[simple:1911]] [[sk:1911]] [[sl:1911]] [[sr:1911]] [[sh:1911]] [[su:1911]] [[fi:1911]] [[sv:1911]] [[tl:1911]] [[ta:1911]] [[tt:1911]] [[te:1911]] [[tet:1911]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2454]] [[vi:1911]] [[tr:1911]] [[uk:1911]] [[vec:1911]] [[vo:1911]] [[wa:1911]] [[vls:1911]] [[yo:1911]] [[zh-yue:1911年]] [[cbk-zam:1911]] [[bat-smg:1911]] [[zh:1911年]]