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1911 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1911th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 911th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1911, the ...
L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in a 1911 photo. October 7 – Outlaw Elmer McCurdy and "associates" are chased after trying to rob a train in Oklahoma. McCurdy on the run is eventually hunted down and shot by authorities. His body is never claimed and later is chemically petrified.
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Events from the year 1911 in the United Kingdom. ... Shops Act 1911 allows a weekly half holiday for shop staff. Undated
January 11 – Fort Vermilion records the coldest temperature in North America at −61.2 °C (−78.2 °F), holding the record until 1947. May 16 – James Palmer becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing F. L. Haszard
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being – Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day – and ...
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September 25, 1911: 300 killed in explosion of French battleship Liberté September 30, 1911: 78 killed by damburst at Austin, Pennsylvania September 29, 1911: Italy goes to war with Turkey, invades Libya September 14, 1911: Russian Premier Stolypin assassinated