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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.
1911 – Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil; 1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; 1911 – First Indianapolis 500 is staged; Ray Harroun is the first winner; 1912 – RMS Titanic sank; 1912 – New Mexico and Arizona become states; 1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low
This weakened but did not stop growth, but some combination of the subsequent 1990 oil price shock, the debt accumulation of the 1980s, and growing consumer pessimism combined with the weakened economy to produce a brief recession. [70] [71] [72] Early 2000s recession: March 2001 – November 2001 8 months 10 years 6.3% (June 2003) −0.3%
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 ...
The strike collapsed, as did the ARU, and Debs, a once middle-of-the-road social reformer, converted to a full-blown socialist while serving a sentence in Federal prison for defying a court order to cease striking. [50] [51] The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 garment workers.
The flight had to be completed in fewer than 30 days and by Oct. 11, 1911. Yes, the prize was big, but so was the risk. Aviation in 1911 was notable for what it lacked: No paved runways.
1911: Aug 28: Ishi, called "the last wild Indian", surrenders near Oroville, California. [230] 1912: Jan 6: New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. Feb 14: Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. It is the last state to be admitted to the Union during the Old West era. [231] Aug 24: The District of Alaska is organized into the ...
Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition 1911–2011; Conference: "Out of the Smoke and the Flame: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and its Legacy" CHALK: annual community commemoration "Rosenfeld's Requiem", a poem about the victims of the fire by Morris Rosenfeld first published in The Jewish Daily Forward on March 29, 1911; Triangle Returns.