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January 18 – Eugene Burton Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship. January 30 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first aeroplane rescue at sea, saving the life of John McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
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
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: 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 ...
This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields ... (1644–1911) Modern China. Republic ... Logarithmic timeline shows all history on one page ...
January 18: Eugene Burton Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship. March 25: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City results in the deaths of 146 workers and leads to sweeping workplace safety reforms. April – November: Agadir Crisis.
Timeline and periods. Prehistoric and Pre-Columbian Era: until 1607: Colonial Era: 1607–1765: ... History of time in the United States; History of American cuisine.
By the 5th century: The elliptical orbits of planets are discovered in India by at least the time of Aryabhata, and are used for the calculations of orbital periods and eclipse timings. [78] By 499: Aryabhata's work shows the use of the modern fraction notation, known as bhinnarasi. [79]