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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.
Gilpatrick Hotel Automobile in which Ex-President Roosevelt stood when shot Theodore Roosevelt's eyeglasses case, penetrated by the bullet in the lower right Elbert E. Martin Theodore Roosevelt’s stenographer, holding the speech with a bullet hole through the pages Theodore Roosevelt's blood stained shirt
Three days after a botched train robbery, Elmer McCurdy, 31, was shot and killed by lawmen in Oklahoma. McCurdy would achieve fame 65 years later. McCurdy would achieve fame 65 years later. In December 1976, a TV crew discovered that a dummy on display in an amusement park in Long Beach, California, was actually McCurdy's mummified body.
Brothers John J. ("J.J.") and James Barnabas ("J.B.") McNamara were arrested in April 1911 for the bombing. Their trial became a cause célèbre for the American labor movement. J.B. admitted to setting the explosive, and was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. J.J. was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for bombing a local iron ...
A man shot five people to death in a shoe store in the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx because the store didn't have the size 13 1/2 boots he desired. The gunman was then shot and injured by police before getting apprehended. [29] November 7, 1995 Boston, Massachusetts: 4 1 5: Two individuals opened fire when people were eating lunch ...
1911: Honduras: On January 26, American naval detachments were landed to protect American lives and interests during a civil war in Honduras. [RL30172] 1911 : China: As the Tongmenghui -led Xinhai Revolution approached, in October an ensign and 10 men tried to enter Wuchang to rescue missionaries but retired on being warned away, and a small ...
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 ...
1911 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) / 1911 disestablishments in the United States (30 C, 4 P) 1911 establishments in the United States (56 C, 19 P) A.