What Happened In July 1911 In History

Historical Events for July, 1911

• 1st » Germany despatches the gunship 'SMS Panther called Panther' to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• 4th » A 1911 Eastern North America heat wave e.g massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• 7th » 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.
• 14th » Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers lands his airplane at the South Lawn (White House) named South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.
• 24th » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Inca Empire or Incas".

Famous Birthdays on July in 1911

• 1st » Arnold Alas, Estonian architect (d. 1990)
• 1st » Sergey Sokolov (commander) known as Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence (Soviet Union) or Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (d. 1964)
• 4th » Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (d. 2010)
• 5th » Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist (d. 2008)
• 5th » Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980)
• 5th » Georges Pompidou, French politician, 19th President of France (d. 1974)
• 7th » Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
• 7th » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (d. 2007)
• 9th » Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (d. 1968)
• 9th » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author (d. 2008)
• 11th » Erna Flegel, German nurse (d. 2006)
• 12th » Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (d. 1993)
• 14th » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (d. 2000)
• 14th » Terry-Thomas, English actor and singer (d. 1990)
• 15th » Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician, Secretary of State for Air (d. 1994)
• 16th » Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1995)
• 16th » Sonny Tufts, American actor (d. 1970)
• 17th » Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
• 17th » Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (d. 2014)
• 17th » Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)
• 18th » Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 20th » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer (d. 1941)
• 20th » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino cartoonist (d. 1985)
• 21st » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)
• 21st » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
• 26th » John Pierotti, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
• 27th » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (d. 1981)
• 29th » Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 29th » Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
• 31st » George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)

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