01 Jan 1911
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South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
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01 Jan 1911
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Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. |
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02 Jan 1911
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Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
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02 Jan 1911
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A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill. |
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03 Jan 1911
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US postal savings bank inaugurated
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03 Jan 1911
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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. |
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05 Jan 1911
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Portuguese expel Jesuits
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05 Jan 1911
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San Francisco has its 1st air meet
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05 Jan 1911
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Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University. |
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07 Jan 1911
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1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco
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07 Jan 1911
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Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
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10 Jan 1911
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Trumper scored double cricket ton vs South Africa, goes on to get 214
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10 Jan 1911
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Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
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10 Jan 1911
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1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
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12 Jan 1911
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The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. |
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13 Jan 1911
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South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide
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13 Jan 1911
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Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay
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13 Jan 1911
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Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten" premieres in Berlin
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14 Jan 1911
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Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. |
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16 Jan 1911
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Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
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17 Jan 1911
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Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow" premieres in New York City NY
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17 Jan 1911
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Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly
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18 Jan 1911
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Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. |
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18 Jan 1911
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1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
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21 Jan 1911
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The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place. |
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24 Jan 1911
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Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice. |
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26 Jan 1911
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Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. |
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26 Jan 1911
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Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane. |
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26 Jan 1911
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Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
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26 Jan 1911
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Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
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28 Jan 1911
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Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
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30 Jan 1911
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The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy. |
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30 Jan 1911
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The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba. |
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30 Jan 1911
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1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
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31 Jan 1911
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Congress names SF as Panama Canal opening celebration site
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31 Jan 1911
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Congress names San Francisco as Panam
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05 Feb 1911
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Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
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06 Feb 1911
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1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona
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06 Feb 1911
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Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople / Istanbul Turkey
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08 Feb 1911
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US helps overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras
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17 Feb 1911
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1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)
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17 Feb 1911
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1st amphibian flight to & from a ship, by Glenn Curtiss, San Diego
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18 Feb 1911
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The first official flight with air mail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. |
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21 Feb 1911
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Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse
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25 Feb 1911
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Opera "Natoma, " premieres in Philadelphia
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25 Feb 1911
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The opera "Natoma" is produced (Philadelphia)
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03 Mar 1911
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1st US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens in Missouri
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04 Mar 1911
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Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
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07 Mar 1911
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US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
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07 Mar 1911
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Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker
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08 Mar 1911
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International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. |
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13 Mar 1911
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Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady" premieres in New York NY
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13 Mar 1911
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ontario), 7-4
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16 Mar 1911
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ontario) 13-4
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18 Mar 1911
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North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
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20 Mar 1911
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Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway, New York City
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20 Mar 1911
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National Squah Tennis Association formed (New York NY)
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25 Mar 1911
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L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
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25 Mar 1911
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls
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25 Mar 1911
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In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. |
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25 Mar 1911
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146 die in a fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York NY
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29 Mar 1911
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The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm. |
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30 Mar 1911
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02 Apr 1911
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census. |
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04 Apr 1911
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Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
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05 Apr 1911
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MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie
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05 Apr 1911
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Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
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06 Apr 1911
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During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg). |
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08 Apr 1911
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Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. |
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12 Apr 1911
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1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3 hours 56 minutes)
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13 Apr 1911
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Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames
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15 Apr 1911
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Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St, New York City
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15 Apr 1911
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Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
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19 Apr 1911
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George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play", premieres in London
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22 Apr 1911
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Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. |
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27 Apr 1911
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Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate. |
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30 Apr 1911
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Portugal approves woman suffrage
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09 May 1911
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Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
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09 May 1911
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The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican. |
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13 May 1911
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37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
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13 May 1911
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New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
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15 May 1911
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Three hundred three Chinese and five Japanese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Francisco I. Madero's brother Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. |
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15 May 1911
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In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. |
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15 May 1911
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British house of commons accept Parliament Bill
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15 May 1911
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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates
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15 May 1911
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Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
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16 May 1911
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Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf
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16 May 1911
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Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK
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17 May 1911
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36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
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18 May 1911
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President / Dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
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18 May 1911
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President/dictator Jos
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19 May 1911
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Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. |
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19 May 1911
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Maurice Ravel's opera "L'Heure Espagnole" premieres in Paris France
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19 May 1911
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Philadelphia Athletics are 12
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20 May 1911
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Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs Sussex
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21 May 1911
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President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution. |
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22 May 1911
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Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
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23 May 1911
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The New York Public Library is dedicated. |
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23 May 1911
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New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft
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25 May 1911
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Revolution in M
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26 May 1911
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1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
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29 May 1911
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1st running of Indianapolis 500
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29 May 1911
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1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 kph)
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30 May 1911
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1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 km/h)
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30 May 1911
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At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race. |
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31 May 1911
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The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched. |
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31 May 1911
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The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution. |
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01 Jun 1911
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1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey
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03 Jun 1911
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"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1
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05 Jun 1911
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Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
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06 Jun 1911
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Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
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08 Jun 1911
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Belgium government of Schollaert falls
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10 Jun 1911
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Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam
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11 Jun 1911
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UNIA founded by Garvey
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11 Jun 1911
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Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
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16 Jun 1911
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IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. |
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16 Jun 1911
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A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn. |
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17 Jun 1911
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Belgium government of De Broqueville forms
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19 Jun 1911
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the Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded. |
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20 Jun 1911
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NAACP incorporates (NY)
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22 Jun 1911
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George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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22 Jun 1911
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King George V of England crowned
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24 Jun 1911
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17th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago Golf Club - Illinois
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24 Jun 1911
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John McDermott becomes 1st American to win US open golf tournament
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26 Jun 1911
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Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)
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28 Jun 1911
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Joseph Caillaux forms government in France
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29 Jun 1911
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Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes Premier
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30 Jun 1911
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Adolphe Messimy appointed French Minister of War
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30 Jun 1911
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US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes
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01 Jul 1911
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German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco
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01 Jul 1911
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Germany despatches the gunship Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. |
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03 Jul 1911
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Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
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04 Jul 1911
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Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak
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04 Jul 1911
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A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities. |
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07 Jul 1911
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28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60)
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07 Jul 1911
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Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record
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07 Jul 1911
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The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. |
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08 Jul 1911
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Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
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14 Jul 1911
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46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
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14 Jul 1911
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Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers lands his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat. |
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15 Jul 1911
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46" of rain (begining 7 / 14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
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17 Jul 1911
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Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army
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20 Jul 1911
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Generals Henry Wilson / Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
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20 Jul 1911
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Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
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24 Jul 1911
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Hiram Bingham discovers Lost City of the Incas
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24 Jul 1911
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Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". |
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29 Jul 1911
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Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
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30 Jul 1911
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J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley
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31 Jul 1911
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Hungarian education is only taught in German
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01 Aug 1911
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Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point
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01 Aug 1911
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Harriet Quimby she took her pilot's test and became the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. |
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10 Aug 1911
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Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords
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14 Aug 1911
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General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti
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14 Aug 1911
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United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. |
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15 Aug 1911
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Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
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19 Aug 1911
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New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times
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22 Aug 1911
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Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913)
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22 Aug 1911
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Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris
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22 Aug 1911
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Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre
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23 Aug 1911
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British Premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany
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27 Aug 1911
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Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0
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28 Aug 1911
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45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)
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29 Aug 1911
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Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. |
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01 Sep 1911
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M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
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01 Sep 1911
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The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship. |
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02 Sep 1911
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Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government
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03 Sep 1911
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31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
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04 Sep 1911
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Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
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07 Sep 1911
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French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. |
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09 Sep 1911
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1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)
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17 Sep 1911
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1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hours 4 minutes
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17 Sep 1911
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25th US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 61 97)
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18 Sep 1911
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Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House. |
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18 Sep 1911
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Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown
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19 Sep 1911
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Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights
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20 Sep 1911
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White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with British warship HMS Hawke. |
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20 Sep 1911
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Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
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22 Sep 1911
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Cy Young beats Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
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22 Sep 1911
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Cy Young at 44, wins his 511th & final game
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23 Sep 1911
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Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
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23 Sep 1911
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Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department |
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24 Sep 1911
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His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness. |
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25 Sep 1911
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Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston |
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25 Sep 1911
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An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. |
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25 Sep 1911
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Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
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29 Sep 1911
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Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. |
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29 Sep 1911
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Yanks steal 15 bases & get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning
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01 Oct 1911
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United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hr day
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05 Oct 1911
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Italian troops occupy Tripoli
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05 Oct 1911
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The Kowloon–Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton. |
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06 Oct 1911
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Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot
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09 Oct 1911
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An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire |
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10 Oct 1911
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The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of the Qing dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. |
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10 Oct 1911
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Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day)
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11 Oct 1911
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Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
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13 Oct 1911
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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor-General of Canada of royal descent. |
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19 Oct 1911
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Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch
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20 Oct 1911
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Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St, New York City
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20 Oct 1911
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Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole
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21 Oct 1911
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Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union
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21 Oct 1911
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RS Hichens and M Hudsons "Garden of Allah, " premieres in New York City
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23 Oct 1911
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First use of aircraft in war: Italo-Turkish War: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines. |
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24 Oct 1911
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Orville Wright, remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. |
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24 Oct 1911
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Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole
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26 Oct 1911
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Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
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26 Oct 1911
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Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
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28 Oct 1911
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Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
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30 Oct 1911
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Clark Griffith is named manager of Washingston Senators
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01 Nov 1911
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The first dropping of a bomb from an aircraft in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War. |
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03 Nov 1911
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Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. |
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04 Nov 1911
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Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
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04 Nov 1911
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France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo
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05 Nov 1911
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Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, September 17)
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05 Nov 1911
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Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica
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05 Nov 1911
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After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. |
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06 Nov 1911
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Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico
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10 Nov 1911
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Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly & charitable works)
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10 Nov 1911
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Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath)
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15 Nov 1911
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Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 and $10 gold coins
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18 Nov 1911
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Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance
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18 Nov 1911
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Britain's 1st seaplane flies
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18 Nov 1911
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The opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance
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19 Nov 1911
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New York receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy
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20 Nov 1911
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Gustav Mahlers "Tie Song of the Erde" premieres in Munich
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23 Nov 1911
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Post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital
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25 Nov 1911
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3rd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
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27 Nov 1911
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Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
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28 Nov 1911
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Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
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07 Dec 1911
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Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy, " premieres in New York City
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07 Dec 1911
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National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria
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09 Dec 1911
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A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines. |
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10 Dec 1911
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Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)
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10 Dec 1911
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Tobias Asser given Nobel prize for peace
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12 Dec 1911
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Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. |
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12 Dec 1911
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King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India. |
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14 Dec 1911
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Roald Amundsen 's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. |
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14 Dec 1911
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South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
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23 Dec 1911
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Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)
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23 Dec 1911
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The opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)
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23 Dec 1911
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Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire" premieres in Munich
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24 Dec 1911
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Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. |
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25 Dec 1911
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Edward Knoblock's "Kismet" premieres in New York NY
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27 Dec 1911
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"Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. |
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29 Dec 1911
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Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. |
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29 Dec 1911
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Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912. |
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29 Dec 1911
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San Francisco Symphony is formed
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29 Dec 1911
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Proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins
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30 Dec 1911
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Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of the Republic of China
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30 Dec 1911
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Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs Australia at MCG
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31 Dec 1911
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Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize
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