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What Happened In February 1911 In History

Historical Events for February, 1911

  • 18th » The first official flight with air mail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about Convert 10 km mi away.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1911

  • 3rd » Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
  • 3rd » Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
  • 5th » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
  • 6th » Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
  • 8th » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
  • 9th » William Orlando Darby, American general (d. 1945)
  • 12th » Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994)
  • 12th » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (d. 1968)
  • 13th » Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Indian-Pakistani poet (d. 1984)
  • 13th » Jean Muir (actress) or Jean Muir, American actress (d. 1996)
  • 13th » Frank Delfino, American actor (d. 1997)
  • 15th » Leonard Woodcock, American union leader and diplomat (d. 2001)
  • 17th » Sydney Chedgzoy, English professional association footballer (d. 1983)
  • 17th » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984)
  • 17th » Orrin Tucker, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2011)
  • 19th » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress (d. 1979)
  • 22nd » Bill Baker (baseball) or Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)
  • 24th » Eduardo Vañó Pastor, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1993)
  • 26th » Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
  • 27th » Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (d. 1991)
  • 28th » Otakar Vávra, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for February 1911

  • 15th » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician (b. 1859)
  • 18th » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
  • 25th » Friedrich Spielhagen, German author (b. 1829)

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