What Happened In January 1911 In History

Historical Events for January, 1911

• 1st » Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
• 2nd » A Siege of Sidney Street known as 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.
• 3rd » A 1911 Kebin earthquake called magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
• 12th » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future President of the Philippines e.g Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• 21st » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• 24th » Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice.
• 26th » Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• 30th » The destroyer USS Terry DD-25 6 makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
• 30th » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1911

• 1st » Basil Dearden, British director (d. 1971)
• 1st » Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1st » Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist (d. 2012)
• 1st » Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d. 1960)
• 3rd » John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
• 5th » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 7th » Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)
• 8th » Tom Delaney, English race car driver (d. 2006)
• 9th » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and dancer (d. 1970)
• 10th » Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)
• 10th » Norman Heatley, English biologist (d. 2004)
• 11th » Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
• 11th » Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
• 13th » Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
• 14th » Sailor Jerry, American tattoo artist (d. 1973)
• 14th » Anatoly Rybakov, Russian author (d. 1998)
• 16th » Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician, 28th President of Chile (d. 1982)
• 16th » Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
• 17th » Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)
• 17th » John S. McCain, Jr., American admiral (d. 1981)
• 17th » George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 19th » Choor Singh, Singaporean judge (d. 2009)
• 20th » Wendell J. Westcott, American carillon player (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
• 24th » Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)
• 26th » Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 26th » Norbert Schultze, German composer (d. 2002)
• 28th » Johan van Hulst, Dutch academic and politician
• 29th » Peter von Siemens, German businessman (d. 1986)
• 30th » Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (d. 1989)
• 31st » Eddie Byrne, Irish actor (d. 1981)

Famous Deaths for January 1911

• 3rd » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)
• 9th » Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
• 9th » Edvard Rusjan, Slovene pilot (b. 1886)
• 12th » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek judge and politician (b. 1845)
• 17th » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 24th » David Graham Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1867)

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