What Happened In December 1911 In History

Historical Events for December, 1911

• 9th » A Cross Mountain Mine disaster e.g mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• 10th » The first transcontinental flight across the United States is completed. Calbraith Perry Rodgers began the flight on 17 September 1911, taking off from Sheepshead Bay, New York.
• 12th » Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
• 12th » King George V of the United Kingdom named George V and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor of India e.g Emperor and Empress of India.
• 24th » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• 27th » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
• 29th » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing Dynasty, enthroning The Bogd Khan known as 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as List of Mongol Khans e.g Khagan of Mongolia.
• 29th » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China (1912–1949) or Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1911

• 1st » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)
• 1st » Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)
• 3rd » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (d. 1979)
• 5th » Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 8th » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)
• 9th » Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976)
• 9th » Broderick Crawford, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
• 9th » Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)
• 10th » Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 11th » Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2006)
• 11th » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
• 11th » Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist and academic (d. 2009)
• 12th » Boun Oum, Laotian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Laos (d. 1980)
• 13th » Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 13th » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (d. 1972)
• 14th » Spike Jones, American singer, actor, and bandleader (d. 1965)
• 14th » Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
• 15th » Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator (d. 1991)
• 15th » Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer (d. 1979)
• 18th » Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 20th » Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009)
• 21st » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
• 23rd » James Gregory (actor) known as James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002)
• 23rd » Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 23rd » Marie Orav, Estonian chess player (d. 1994)
• 25th » Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (d. 2010)
• 26th » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962)
• 27th » Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 29th » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
• 30th » Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
• 31st » Dal Stivens, Australian author (d. 1997)

Famous Deaths for December 1911

• 10th » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)

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