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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.
News had circulated that Roosevelt was at the hotel, and Schrank (who had been following Roosevelt from New Orleans to Milwaukee) went to the hotel. The ex-president had finished his meal and left the hotel to enter an open car. Roosevelt stood to acknowledge the cheering of the assembled crowd, and Schrank acted.
1911 March 25: 146 employees, mostly women, are killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire near Washington Square Park, some by being forced to jump from the building by the fire. [85] July: 1911 Eastern North America heat wave. New York Public Library Main Branch building constructed. Negro Society for Historical Research established. [36]
In 1910, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst offered $50,000 to the first aviator to fly from coast to coast. The flight had to be completed in fewer than 30 days and by Oct. 11, 1911 ...
The Voice of a Generation (July 29, 1911) In his analysis, Irwin raised awareness among the public as to the corruption and moral decay of newspapers of the era. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He covered both negative and positive aspects of newspaper coverage, and even attempted to define what is "news", a topic that is still debatable to this day among ...
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks happened 23 years ago. For many people, the attacks were the biggest news story of their lifetime. Almost all who experienced it can remember where they ...
It's even prompted President Joe Biden to order federal strike forces in to help catch gun traffickers who are supplying weapons used in the shootings. Todriana Peters was a combination of sugar ...
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)