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Events of 1911

January

• January 1 - Northern Territory is politically separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• January 3 - In London, in what becomes known as the Siege of Sidney Street, the Metropolitan Police and the Scots Guards engage in a shootout with a criminal gang of Latvian anarchists held up in a building in the East End. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Siege of Sidney Street, popularly known as the "Battle of Stepney", was a notorious gunfight in London's East End in 1911 "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The Scots Guards (SG form part of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i
• January 5 - Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is founded at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Kappa Alpha Psi ( KAΨ) is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Bloomington is a city and the County seat of Monroe County in the south central region of the U
• January 10 - Major Jimmie Erickson takes the first aerial photograph (over San Diego, California). Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Aerial photography is the taking of Photographs of the ground from an elevated position
• January 12 - The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople The University of the Philippines College of Law or UP Law is the law college of the University of the Philippines System the National University of the The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines.
• January 18 - Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Eugene Burton Ely ( October 21 1886 - October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• January 21 - First Monte Carlo races (Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo). Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. The Monte Carlo Rally (officially Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) is a Rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organize
• January 21 - The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, was formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (modern Botswana). Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. The Tati Concessions Land was a concession created in the borderlands of the Matabele kingdom and the Bechuanaland Protectorate. Modern day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe currently divided into two provinces Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South. The Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP was a protectorate established on March 31, 1885, by the United Kingdom in Southern Africa. The Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana is a Landlocked nation in Southern Africa.
• January 26 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Glenn Hammond Curtiss ( 21 May 1878 &ndash 23 July 1930) was an American Aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane A seaplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting on water
• January 30 - The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea, saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba

February

• February 6 - Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain See also List of United States Navy destroyers Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 2004)
• February 18 - First official air mail flight took place in Allahabad, India to Naini, India, when Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy

March

• March - The first installment of a serialized version of Frederick Winslow Taylor's monograph The Principles of Scientific Management (online version here) appears in American Magazine. Frederick Winslow Taylor ( 20 March 1856 &ndash 21 March 1915) widely known as F A monograph ( Classical Greek, "One Writer" or "Single Writing") is a work of writing upon a single subject usually also by a single The American Magazine was a Periodical publication founded in June 1906, stemming from failed publications purchased a few years earlier from publishing The complete series runs in the March, April, and May issues. It is the first time that The Principles of Scientific Management is widely read. The efficiency movement, which has been simmering of late, boils over and becomes a craze.
• March 1 - José Batlle y Ordóñez is elected President of Uruguay. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez ( May 21 1856 - October 20 1929) was the president of Uruguay in 1899 (interim and from Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America
• March 8 - International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time
• March 10 - Kansas legislature approves House Bill Number 906, effectively the first blue sky law in the United States, culminating an effort by Joseph Norman Dolley, Kansas' banking commissioner. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. International Women's Day ( IWD) is marked on March 8 every year Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing A blue sky law is a state law in the United States that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from Fraud. Joseph Norman Dolley (1860 - 1940 was the bank commissioner of State of Kansas who pushed for the passage of the first state securities laws known as the Blue-sky laws J
• March 24 - Denmark abolishes death penalty and flogging
• March 25 - Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City - 145 dead
• March 29 - United States Army formally adopts the M1911 pistol as its standard sidearm, thus giving the gun its 1911 designation. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip" the human body Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the largest Industrial disaster in the history of the city of New The City of New York Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King The M1911 is a single-action, Semi-automatic pistol ( Handgun) chambered for the.

April

• April 6 - Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, Leader of the Malësori Albanians raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg). Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus The Battle for Independence Tuzi is the site for the first Albanian uprising since the time of Gjergj Kastrioti - Skenderbeg in 1443 Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg ( 6 May 1405 &ndash 17 January 1468) ( Albanian: Gjergj Kastriot Skënderbeu, widely known as
• April 13 - Mexican revolution - Rebels take Agua Prieta along the US border. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Agua Prieta is a Town and municipality in the northeastern corner of the Mexican state of Sonora ( The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader "Red" Lopez is drunk
• April 19 - Mexican Revolution - Francisco Madero's troops besiege Ciudad Juarez but general Juan J. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Francisco Indalecio Madero González ( October 30, 1873 &ndash February 22, 1913) was a politician writer and Revolutionary who served Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. Navarro refuses his demand of surrender
• April 27 - Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated William Pierce Frye ( September 2, 1830 &ndash August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U The President pro tempore of the Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate and the highest-ranking senator
• April 30 - Sparks from a burning hayshed ignite the Great Fire of 1911, destroying much of downtown Bangor, Maine. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule The Great Fire of 1911 took place in. It started in the afternoon of April 30, 1911 on Broad Street Bangor is the County seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine

May

May 23: New York Public Library dedication ceremony held. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries.

• May 8 - Mexican Revolution - Pancho Villa launches an attack against government troops in Ciudad Juarez without Madero's permission. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. Government troops surrender May 10. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
• May 11 - Futurist exhibition in Milan was the first of efforts by the group to make its theories concrete. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Futurists, or futurologists, are those who speculate about the future Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
• May 15 - The United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be dissolved. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing transporting refining and marketing company In Economics, a monopoly (from Greek monos, alone or single + polein, to sell exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient The Sherman Antitrust Act ( Sherman Act, July 2, 1890, ch 647,) was the first United States Federal statute to limit Cartels and
• May 17 - Mexican Revolution - Porfirio Diaz is convinced to resign but he does not do it officially. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican politician ( September 15, 1830 – 2 July 1915) that would later become the president of Mexico
• May 21 - Mexican Revolution - Peace treaty between rebels of Madero and government troops in Ciudad Juarez. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte.
• May 23 - Dedication ceremony for the New York Public Library. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries.
• May 24 - Mexican Revolution - Government troops fire at anti-Diaz demonstrators in Mexico City - about 200 dead (official claim only 40). Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico
• May 25 - Mexican Revolution - Diaz signs his resignation and leaves for Veracruz; on May 31 he leaves for exile in France. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican politician ( September 15, 1830 – 2 July 1915) that would later become the president of Mexico Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• May 30 - The first Indianapolis 500-mile auto race is run. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American The winner is Ray Harroun in the Marmon 'Wasp' and titanic was lunched

June

• June 7 - Mexican Revolution - Francisco Madero arrives in Mexico City just after a local earthquake. Ray Harroun ( January 12, 1879 - January 19, 1968) was an American racecar driver Marmon was an Automobile Brand name manufactured by Nordyke Marmon & Company of Indianapolis Indiana, USA, from 1902 through Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Francisco Indalecio Madero González ( October 30, 1873 &ndash February 22, 1913) was a politician writer and Revolutionary who served Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
• June 14 - A national seamen's strike begins in Britain. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• June 14 - RMS Olympic, sister to the RMS Titanic, begins her maiden voyage at Southampton, England. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the History J Bruce Ismay, the chairman of White Star Line, and William Pirrie, the chairman of Harland and Wolff Shipyard Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland Maiden Voyage is the fifth Album led by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1965 for Blue Note Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• June 15 - IBM incorporated as Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR) in New York. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology The Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR was incorporated on June 15 1911 in Endicott New York a few miles west of Binghamton New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
• June 16 - A 772-gram stony meteorite struck earth in Columbia County, Wisconsin near the village of Kilbourn damaging a barn. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. For other uses of the words gram or gramme see Gram (disambiguation. A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface Columbia County is a County located in the US state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Dells is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2418 as of the 2000 census.
• June 22 - Coronation of George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck at Westminster Abbey, London. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• June 28 - The Nakhla meteorite (from Mars) lands in the area of Alexandria, Egypt, purportedly killing a dog. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. The Nakhla meteorite, the first example of a Nakhlite type meteorite of the SNC Group type of meteorites fell to Earth from Mars on the 28th of Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια

July

• July 1 - German Warship Panther in the Moroccan port of Agadir triggers Agadir Crisis escalating pre-WW1 tensions. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The Agadir Crisis, also called the Second Moroccan Crisis, was the international tension sparked by the deployment of the German gunboat ''Panther'' Subsequent climbdown rallies German militancy.
• July 24 - Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, ( November 19, 1875 June 6, 1956) was an American academic explorer and politician Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu "Old Peak" 'mɑtʃu 'piktʃu is a Pre-Columbian Inca site located 2400 meters (7875 ft above sea level

July 24: Machu Picchu

August

• August 8 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu "Old Peak" 'mɑtʃu 'piktʃu is a Pre-Columbian Inca site located 2400 meters (7875 ft above sea level Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Public Law 62-5, passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911, set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The law will take effect in 1913. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• August 9 - Raunds, Northamptonshire records a temperature of 98°F (36. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Raunds is a small Market town in rural Northamptonshire, England. Northamptonshire (or archaically the County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants 7°C), the highest UK temperature until 1990. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
• August 10 - British MPs vote to receive salaries for the first time. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. A salary is a form of periodic payment from an Employer to an Employee, which may be specified in an Employment contract.
• August 22 - Theft of Mona Lisa discovered in [Louvre] (Vincenzo Peruggia is captured and the painting returned 1913). Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a Poplar panel by Vincenzo Peruggia ( October 8, 1881, Dumenza, Italy - 1925 Haute-Savoie, France) is the man who once stole the
• August 29 - The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day (Kerala, India), for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese. For details on the community see "knanaya" in Wikipedia. Added by JVL (RM)

September

• September 7 - French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Guillaume Apollinaire (in French ɡijom apɔliˈnɛʁ ( August 26, 1880 &ndash November 9, 1918) was a French Poet Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a Poplar panel by The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France He is later released.
• September 11 - Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as Middle Tennessee Normal School. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Middle Tennessee State University (founded September 11, 1911, and commonly abbreviated as MTSU) is an American University located Murfreesboro is a city in and the County seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.
• September 20 - The liner RMS Olympic, sister ship to the RMS Titanic, collides with Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke outside Southampton, England. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. History J Bruce Ismay, the chairman of White Star Line, and William Pirrie, the chairman of Harland and Wolff Shipyard Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
• September 25
  • French navy ship Liberté explodes at anchor in Toulon
  • Groundbreaking for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

begins. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Toulon ( Provençal Occitan: Tolon in classical norm or Touloun in Mistralian norm is a city in southern France and a large

• September 30
  • A concrete dam owned by the Bayless Pulp & Paper Mill broke almost completely wiping out the town of Austin, Pennsylvania and continued down stream about 8 miles into the village of Costello. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Austin is a borough in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. See Austin Dam. Austin Dam was a Dam in the Freeman Run Valley Potter County Pennsylvania, which serviced the Bayless Pulp & Paper Mill

October

• October - First Solvay Congress - meeting of physicists
• October 6 - The British Seafarers' Union was formed in Southampton in England. The International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, located in Brussels, were founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus The British Seafarers' Union (BSU was a Trade union which organised Sailors and firemen in the British ports of Southampton and Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• October 10
  • Wuchang Uprising starts the Xinhai Revolution that will lead to the founding of the Republic of China. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated The Wuchang Uprising of October 10 1911 started the Xinhai Revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment The Xinhai Revolution or Shinhai Revolution ( also known as the 1911 Revolution or the Chinese Revolution, began with the Wuchang Uprising REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
  • Robert Laird Borden becomes Canada's eighth prime minister. Not to be confused with his cousin Frederick Borden, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence from 1896 to 1911 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus
• October 16 - Mexican Revolution - Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, occupies the port of Veracruz as a sign of rebellion against Madero
• October 18 - revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrew China's Manchu dynasty. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Félix Díaz (1868 &ndash 1945 was a Mexican Politician and General born in Oaxaca Oaxaca. José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican politician ( September 15, 1830 – 2 July 1915) that would later become the president of Mexico Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Manchu people ( Manchu: Manju;, Mongolian: Манж Russian: Маньчжуры are a Tungusic people who originated in
• October 24 - Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes Kill Devil Hills is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, USA [1]
• October 28 - Foundation of The Rosicrucian Fellowship's international headquarters at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine The Rosicrucian Fellowship - "An International Association of Christian Mystics" - was founded in 1909/11 by Max Heindel as herald of the Aquarian Age Mount Ecclesia is a picturesque spot of nature grounds in Oceanside California and the location of the international headquarters of the fraternal and service organization Oceanside is the third-largest city in San Diego County, California. It had been preceded by its formal constitution in August 8, 1909 at Seattle, Washington. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

November

November 11: Old district of Visoko today: In November 1911 it was almost completely destroyed by fire. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Visoko is a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina of rich historical heritage

• November 3 - Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market to compete with the Ford Model T. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford
• November 4 - Selandia launched in Denmark, the first ocean going diesel Ship. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum
• November 5 - After declaring war on Turkey on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica (this act was confirmed by an act of the Italian Parliament on February 25, 1912). Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Tripolis ( Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus - also طرابلس الغرب Ṭarā-bu-lus al-Gharb Libyan vernacular: Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting
• November 11
  • A record cold snap hits the United States midwest. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Many cities break record highs and lows on same day. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave). The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11 (November 11 1911 was the biggest cold snap in U
  • Big fire struck Visoko burning over 450 houses and other objects. Visoko is a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina of rich historical heritage House generally refers to a Shelter or Building that is a Dwelling or place for Habitation by Human beings. The upper city area was completely burned, as well all the houses down the main street alongside Beledija.
• November 15 - Prince Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi of Monaco, heir to the throne and later Reigning Prince Louis II of Monaco officially recognizes his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet as Princess Charlotte of Monaco. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Louis II Prince of Monaco ( 12 July 1870 &ndash 9 May 1949) was the Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June For other uses see Monaco (disambiguation Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco ( French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque Louis II Prince of Monaco ( 12 July 1870 &ndash 9 May 1949) was the Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June Princess Charlotte Duchess of Valentinois Countess of Polignac ( 30 September 1898 &ndash 15 November 1977) styled HSH The Princess Charlotte Duchess of Valentinois Countess of Polignac ( 30 September 1898 &ndash 15 November 1977) styled HSH The
• November 16 - Earthquake in Swab, South Germany
• November 17 - Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is founded at Howard University. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia ( German: Schwaben, Schwabenland or Ländle) is both a historic and linguistic Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ is an international fraternity and was the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black Howard University is a private, Coeducational Nonsectarian University located in Washington D

December

December 11: Coronation ceremonies in new capital of India, New Delhi, site of Humayun's Tomb

• December 11 - Coronation in New Delhi of George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck as Emperor of India and Empress consort respectively
• December 12 - The capital of India was shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata). Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office A coronation is a ceremony marking the investiture of a Monarch with regal power specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head and the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. Humayun's tomb is a complex of buildings in Mughal architecture built as Mughal Emperor Humayun 's tomb Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office A coronation is a ceremony marking the investiture of a Monarch with regal power specifically involving the placement of a crown upon his or her head and the New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953 was the queen-empress consort of George V of the United Kingdom Emperor/Empress of India ( Badishah -e-Hind in Hindustani) was used as a Title by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India.
• December 14 - Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole
• December 21 - First robbery of the Bonnot gang
• December 23 - Stanislavski and Craig's seminal production of Hamlet opened at the Moscow Arts Theatre
• December 24 - Opening of Lackawanna Cutoff, the first of two major cutoffs built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, just three years after it was built. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən ( July 16, 1872 – c The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian The Bonnot Gang ( La Bande à Bonnot) was a French criminal Anarchist group that operated in France and Belgium during the Belle Époque Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski (Константин Edward Gordon Craig ( 16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966) sometimes known as Gordon Craig was a English modernist Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre's (MAT production of Hamlet in 1911-12 on which two of the 20th century's most influential Theatre practitioners — Constantin Stanislavski Moscow Art Theatre ( Russian: Московский Художественный Академический Театр МХАТ is a theatre company in Moscow Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes The Lackawanna Cut-Off was a high-speed double-track railway line in the USA which was constructed by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad between The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company ( DL&W or Lackawanna) was a Railroad connecting Pennsylvania 's Lackawanna Valley
• December 29 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China

Undated

• First Urdu language typewriter made available. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised
• In Canada, the Dominion Parks Branch was established (now Parks Canada), the world's first national park service. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Parks Canada (French Parcs Canada) is a Government of Canada agency that is mandated to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada's In 1911 it fell under the Department of the Interior, and now resides within the Department of the Environment.
• Appleby College, a Canadian university-preparatory schools, is founded. Pillars of Strength and Academics Appleby has identified five Pillars of Strength upon which to concentrate Community Spirited Technologically Innovative Academically Vital Globally A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school
• University of Iceland founded
• University of Wales, Bangor moves to new buildings. The University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands is an Icelandic State university, founded in 1911 Bangor University (Prifysgol Bangor is a university based in the city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in north Wales.
• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica published. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Rutherford deduces the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from scattering experiments. Ernest Rutherford 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, PC, FRS (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937 was a New Zealand Physicist History See also Atomic theory, Atomism The concept that matter is composed of discrete units and cannot be divided into arbitrarily tiny In Physics, Rutherford scattering is a phenomenon that was explained by Ernest Rutherford in 1909 and led to the development of the orbital theory of the
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes ( September 21, 1853 &ndash February 21, 1926) was a Dutch Physicist. Superconductivity is a phenomenon occurring in certain Materials generally at very low Temperatures characterized by exactly zero electrical resistance
• The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux is first translated into English. The Phantom of the Opera (in French, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a French Novel by Gaston Leroux.
• Southern Methodist University is founded in Dallas, Texas. Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave

Ongoing

• Champagne Riots
• Mexican Revolution

Births

January-February

• January 1
  • Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist
  • Hank Greenberg, baseball player (d. The Champagne Riots of 1910 and 1911 resulted from a series of problems faced by grape growers in the Champagne area of France. The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Roman Totenberg (born January 1, 1911) is a Polish-American Violinist He is the father of National Public Radio journalist Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg ( January 1, 1911, New York New York – September 4, 1986) nicknamed "Hammerin' 1986)
• January 3 - John Sturges, American film director (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. John Eliot Sturges ( 3 January 1911 &ndash 18 August 1992) was an American film director 1982)
• January 5 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Jean-Pierre Aumont (5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001 was a French Actor. 2001)
• January 7 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Butterfly McQueen ( January 7, 1911 &ndash December 22, 1995) was an American Film and Television actress 1995)
• January 11 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Zenko Suzuki (鈴木 善幸 Suzuki Zenkō; January 11, 1911 &ndash July 19, 2004) was a Japanese Politician The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 2004)
• January 13 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 &ndash 23 April 2005] New Zealand -born Australian Politician, was the longest-serving 2005)
• January 17 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca George Joseph Stigler ( January 17, 1911 December 1, 1991) was a U The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1991)
• January 19 – Ken Nelson, American record producer and music executive (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Ken Nelson ( January 19, 1911 &ndash January 6, 2008) was an American Record producer, born in Caledonia 2008)
• January 22 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Bruno Kreisky ( January 22 1911 July 29 1990) served as Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983 The Chancellor of Austria (in German: Bundeskanzler) is the Head of government in Austria. 1990)
• January 24 - C. L. Moore, American writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Catherine Lucille Moore ( January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American Science fiction and Fantasy 1987)
• January 25 - Kurt Maetzig, German director
• January 26 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Kurt Maetzig, (born January 25, 1911) is an East German film director Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Polykarp Kusch ( January 26, 1911 &ndash March 20, 1993) was a German-American physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1993)
• January 29 - Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Peter von Siemens ( January 29, 1911 &ndash May 23, 1986) was a German Industrialist. 1986)
• January 30 - Roy Eldridge, American jazz musician (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American 1989)
• February 5 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Johan Jonatan (sometimes spelled as "Bjoerling" in English-language sources ( 5 1960)
• February 6 - Ronald Reagan, United States President (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 2004)
• February 8 - Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Elizabeth Bishop ( February 8, 1911 &ndash October 6, 1979) was an American Poet and Writer from Worcester 1979)
• February 12 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Stephen H Sholes ( February 12, 1911 &ndash April 22, 1968) was a prominent recording executive with RCA Victor. 1968)
• February 14 - Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch inventor of hemodialysis
• February 17 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Dr Willem Johan (Pim Kolff (born February 14, 1911) is a pioneer of Hemodialysis as well as in the field of Artificial organs Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori 1984)
• February 19 - Merle Oberon, British actress (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Merle Oberon ( 19 February 1911 &ndash 23 November 1979) born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award 1979)
• February 28 - Otakar Vávra, Czech director

March-April

• March 3 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Otakar Vávra (born February 28, 1911) is a Czech film director script writer and pedagogue Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Jean Harlow ( March 3, &ndash June 7,) was an American Film Actress and Sex symbol of the 1930s 1937)
• March 6 - Nikolai Baibakov, Soviet statesman (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov (Николай Константинович Байбаков 6 March 1911, Sabunchu, near Baku, Russian 2008)
• March 8 - Alan Hovhaness, American composer (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Alan Hovhaness (Ալան Հովհանես ( March 8, 1911 &ndash June 21, 2000) was an American Composer of Armenian 2000)
• March 9 - Ebby Halliday, American realtor
• March 12 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican president (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Ebby Halliday (born March 9, 1911) is an American Realtor who founded Ebby Halliday Realtors, which now sells more homes Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Gustavo Díaz Ordaz ( March 12, 1911 - July 15, 1979) served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970 1979)
• March 13 - L. Ron Hubbard, American author (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13 1911 &ndash January 24 1986 was a fiction writer who devised a self-help technique called Dianetics and philosophy known as Scientology 1986)
• March 13 - Marie Rudisill, American author and Fruitcake Lady (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Marie Rudisill, ( 13 March, 1911 - 3 November, 2006) also known as the Fruitcake Lady, was a writer and television personality Marie Rudisill, ( 13 March, 1911 - 3 November, 2006) also known as the Fruitcake Lady, was a writer and television personality 2006)
• March 15 - Ursula Vaughan Williams, British author (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Ursula Vaughan Williams née Joan Ursula Penton Lock ( March 15 1911 &ndash October 23 2007) was an English poet and author and biographer 2007)
• March 16
  • Pierre Harmel, Belgian Prime minister
  • Josef Mengele, Nazi Germany war criminal (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Pierre Charles José Marie Count Harmel (born 16 March 1911 was a Belgian lawyer Christian Democratic politician and diplomat Dr Josef Mengele ( March 16, 1911 – February 7, 1979) was a German SS officer and a Physician in the 1979)
• March 18 - Al Benton, baseball player (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor John Alton Benton ( March 18, 1911 - April 14, 1968) was a Major League Baseball right-handed Pitcher who played with the 1968)
• March 20 - Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Alfonso García Robles ( 20 March 1911 &ndash 2 September 1991) was a Mexican Diplomat and Politician who in The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1991)
• March 24 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (; March 24 1911 – December 18 2006 was an influential American Animator, director, producer 2006)
• March 24 - Jane Drew, English architect (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Dame Jane Drew DBE, FRIBA ( 24 March 1911 &ndash 27 July 1996) was an English Modernist Architect 1996)
• March 25 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Jacob Rubenstein (March 25 1911 – January 3 1967 who legally changed his name to Jack Leon Ruby in 1947 was an American Nightclub operator from Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18 1939 &ndash November 24 1963 was according to three United States government investigations the assassin of U 1967)
• March 26
  • Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Sir Bernard Katz, FRS ( 26 March 1911 &ndash 20 April 2003) was a German -born biophysicist, noted for his work The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 2003)
  • Tennessee Williams, American playwright (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical 1983)
• March 27 - Erich Heller, British philosopher, long resident in the U. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Erich Heller ( March 27, 1911 &mdash November 5, 1990) was a British essayist known particularly for his critical studies in German-language S. (d. 1990)
• March 29 - Brigitte Horney, German-born actress (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Brigitte Horney ( March 29, 1911 in Berlin &ndash July 27, 1988 in Hamburg) was a notable German theatre and 1988)
• March 31 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Elisabeth Grümmer ( March 31, 1911 &ndash November 6, 1986) was a German Operatic Soprano. 1986)
• March 31 - Freddie Green, jazz guitarist (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Freddie Green (baptized Frederick William Green March 31 1911 &ndash March 1 1987) was an American swing Jazz guitarist Jazz guitarists are Guitar players who play Jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords melodies and improvised solo lines which is called 1987)
• April 3 - Michael Woodruff, British/Australian pioneering transplant surgeon (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Sir Michael Francis Addison Woodruff FRS FRCS (3 April 1911 &ndash 10 March 2001 was an English Surgeon and Scientist principally 2001)
• April 6 - Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen ( 6 April 1911 &ndash 6 August 1979) was a German Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1979)
• April 8
  • Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8 1911 - January 8 1997 was an American Chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1997)
  • Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Emil Cioran ( April 8 1911 – June 20 1995) was a Romanian Philosopher and Essayist. 1995)
• April 11 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Stanisława Walasiewicz (also known as Stanisława Walasiewiczówna and Stella Walsh) ( April 3, 1911 &ndash December 4, 1980 1980)
• April 13 - William Tuttle, American makeup artist (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 2007)
• April 15 - Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy, Egyptian Muslim jurist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Sheikh Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy ( Arabic: الشيخ محمد متولى الشعراوى) was an Egyptian A Faqih (plural Fuqaha') (فقيه pl فقهاء is an expert in Fiqh, or Islamic Jurisprudence. 1998)
• April 17 - Lester Rodney, American journalist
• April 18
  • Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist
  • Huntington Hartford, American businessman and heir to A&P (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Lester Rodney (born April 17, 1911) is an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in Baseball as sports writer for the Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Maurice Goldhaber (born April 18, 1911) is an American Physicist, who in 1957 (with Lee Grodzins and Andrew Sunyar established that Neutrinos George Huntington Hartford II ( April 18, 1911 &ndash May 19, 2008) was an heir to the The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company 2008)
• April 23 - Ronald Neame, British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
• April 26 - Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Ronald Neame, CBE (born 23 April 1911) is a British film Cinematographer, producer, Screenwriter, and Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Marianne Hoppe ( April 26 1909 - October 23 2002) was a German Theatre and Film actress 2002)

May-June

• May 1 - Anthony Salerno, member of the U. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno ( May 1, 1911 - July 27, 1992) was a New York mobster who served as front boss of the Genovese S. La Cosa Nostra and a leader in the Genovese Family (d. 1992)
• May 5 - Andor Lilienthal, Hungarian Chess Grandmaster
• May 8 - Robert Johnson, American guitarist and singer (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Andor (Andre Andrea Arnoldovich Lilienthal (born May 5 1911) is a Hungarian Chess Grandmaster. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8 1911 – August 16 1938 is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians 1938)
• May 10 - Bel Kaufman, German born American author
• May 11 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Bel Kaufman (born May 10, 1911) is a Russian American professor and author Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Phil Silvers ( May 11, 1911 &ndash November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and Comedy actor 1985)
• May 11 - Doodles Weaver, American actor and comedian (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver ( May 11, 1911 – January 17, 1983) was an American Comedian on radio 1983)
• May 15 - Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Max Frisch ( May 15, 1911 &ndash April 4, 1991) was a Swiss Architect, Playwright and Novelist, regarded 1991)
• May 17 - Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Lisa Fonssagrives ( May 17, 1911 – February 4, 1992) born Lisa Bernstone in Sweden, was a fashion model 1992)
• May 17 - Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Maureen Paula O’Sullivan ( 17 May, 1911 &ndash 23 June, 1998) was an Irish actress considered Ireland 1998)
• May 18 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. For the Ice hockey player see Joe Turner Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr 1985)
• May 20 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (Speed Saunders was initially credited to "E 1986)
• May 20 - Milt Gabler, American record producer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Milton Gabler ( May 20, 1911 - July 20, 2001) was an American Record producer, responsible for many innovations in the recording 2001)
• May 22 - Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Anatol Rapoport (Анато́лий Бори́сович Рапопо́рт born May 22 1911 - January 20 2007) was a Russian born 2007)
• May 24 - Carleen Hutchins, American violin maker
• May 24 - Barbara West, Second-to-last living survivor of the Titanic sinking (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Carleen Maley Hutchins (born May 24, 1911) is a violin maker and researcher (and former grade-school science teacher known for her creation in the 1950s and Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Barbara Joyce Dainton (née West; 24 May 1911 &ndash 16 October 2007) was the second to last remaining survivor of the sinking of Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland 2007)
• May 26 - Ben Alexander, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place This article is about the actor For the rugby league player see Ben Alexander. 1969)
• May 27
  • Hubert H. Humphrey, U. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving S. Vice President and Senator (d. 1978)
  • Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( טדי קולק) ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 2 2007) was Mayor of Jerusalem 2007)
  • Vincent Price, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Vincent Leonard Price Jr ( May 27 1911 &ndash October 25 1993) was an American Film Actor, remembered 1993)
• May 28 - Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian author (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Fritz Hochwälder ( May 28, 1911 - October 21, 1986) also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright 1986)
• May 31 - Maurice Allais, French eeconomist, Nobel Prize laureate
• June 13 - Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Maurice Félix Charles Allais (born 31 May 1911 is a French economist and was the 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics "for his pioneering contributions The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Luis W Alvarez (June 13 1911 San Francisco California &ndash September 1 1988 was an American physicist and Inventor, who spent nearly The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1988)
• June 15 - W.V. Awdry, English children's writer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, ( 15 June 1911 &ndash 21 March 1997) better known as the Reverend W 1997)
• June 20 - Paul Pietsch, German racer and magazine magnate
• June 24
  • Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer
  • Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Paul Pietsch (born June 20, 1911) is a former Racing driver from Germany and successful magazine publisher Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Ernesto Sabato (born June 24, 1911) is an Argentine writer of Italian and Arbëreshë (Italian Albanian descent Juan Manuel Fangio ( Balcarce, June 24, 1911 - Buenos Aires, July 17, 1995) nicknamed "El Chueco" ("knock-kneed" 1995)
• June 25 - William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians William Howard Stein ( June 25, 1911 &ndash February 2, 1980) was an American Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1980)
• June 26 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Mildred Ella ("Babe" Didrikson Zaharias ( June 26, 1911 &ndash September 27, 1956) was an American athlete named 1956)
• June 29
  • Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (29 June 1911 in Jena – 1 December 2004 in Utrecht) Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld born HSH Count Bernhard Leopold Friedrich 2004)
  • Bernard Herrmann, American composer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Bernard Herrmann ( June 29, 1911 &ndash December 24, 1975) was an American composer noted for his work in Motion pictures. 1975)
• June 30 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Czesław Miłosz; ( June 30, 1911 — August 14, 2004) was a Polish Poet, prose writer and Translator The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 2004)

July-August

• July 1 - Sergei Sokolov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
• July 4
  • Mitch Miller, American singer and television personality
  • Frederick Seitz, American scientist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov (Серге́й Леони́дович Соколо́в (born in Eupatoria) was Commander of the Leningrad Military District from Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Mitchell William Miller (born July 4, 1911) is an American Musician, Singer, conductor, Record producer, Frederick Seitz ( July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist and a pioneer of Solid state physics. 2008)
• July 6 - LaVerne Andrews, member of the 1940s Big Band/Swing group The Andrews Sisters is born in Mound, Minnesota (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England The Andrews Sisters were a Close harmony singing group consisting of sisters LaVerne Sophie Andrews ( Contralto; July 6, 1911 &ndash May The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United The Andrews Sisters were a Close harmony singing group consisting of sisters LaVerne Sophie Andrews ( Contralto; July 6, 1911 &ndash May Mound is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers 1967)
• July 7 - Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italian born American composer (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death 2007)
• July 9
  • John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. John Archibald Wheeler ( July 9, 1911 &ndash April 13, 2008) was an eminent American Theoretical physicist. 2008)
  • Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Biography Mervyn Peake was born of British parents in Kuling ( Lushan) in Jiangxi Province of central China in 1911 only three months before the revolution 1968)
• July 16
  • Jerry Burke, American musician (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Jerry Burke ( July 26, 1911 - February 13, 1965) was a musician that played the organ and Piano for the Lawrence Welk 1965)
  • Ginger Rogers, American actress (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress 1995)
• July 17 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Edward Walton "Ted" Anderson ( July 17 1911 – March 23 1979) was an English footballer, who played at either 1979)
• July 18 - Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Hume Blake Cronyn, OC ( July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian - American Actor of 2003)
• July 21 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World 1980)
• July 27 - Lupita Tovar, Mexican actress
• August 6 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Lupita Tovar (born July 27, 1910) is a Mexican actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish language version of Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film 1989)
• August 9 - William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus William Alfred "Willie" Fowler ( August 9, 1911 &ndash March 14, 1995) was an American Astrophysicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1995)
• August 11 - William H. Avery, American politician
• August 12 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation William Henry Avery (born August 11, 1911) was the thirty-seventh Governor of Kansas, having served from 1965-1967 Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Jane Waddington Wyatt ( August 12, 1910 &ndash October 20, 2006) was a three-time Emmy -winning American actress 2006)
• August 14 - Shri Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian yogi (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures 2006)
• August 18 - Amelia Boynton Robinson, American civil rights activist
• August 17 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson (born August 18, 1911) was a figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and later became a leader in the Schiller Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May 1995)
• August 23
  • Betty Robinson, American athlete (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire This article is about the Olympic athlete For the 1928 national spelling bee champion go to Scripps National Spelling Bee#Champions and winning words. 1999)
  • Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Birger Ruud ( August 23, 1911 – June 13, 1998) was a Norwegian Ski jumper. 1998)
• Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese General, First Indochina War, Vietnam War
• August 27 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the The Anti-French War, the Franco-Vietnamese War, the Franco-Vietminh War, The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Kay Walsh ( August 27, 1911 &ndash April 16, 2005) was an English actress and Dancer. 2005)

September-October

• September 2 - Floyd Council, American musician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Floyd Council ( September 2 1911 &ndash May 9 1976) was an American Blues guitarist and singer 1976)
• September 6 - Harry Danning, baseball player (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Harold Danning, nicknamed Harry the Horse ( September 6, 1911, Los Angeles California – November 29, 2004) was a 2004)
• September 9 - John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Sir John Grey Gorton, GCMG, AC, CH (9 September 191119 May 2002 Australian politician was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 2002)
• September 15 - Joseph Pevney, American director
• September 19 - William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Joseph Pevney ( September 15, 1911 &ndash May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Sir William Gerald Golding ( 19 September, 1911 – 19 June, 1993) was a British novelist poet and Nobel Prize for Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1993)
• September 20 - Shriram Sharma Acharya, founder of All world Gayatri Pariwar (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Shriram Sharma ( September 20 1911 – June 2 1990) was an Indian Seer, sage a visionary of the New Golden Era and the 1990)
• September 23 - Frank Moss, U. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Frank Edward Moss ( September 23, 1911 &ndash January 29, 2003) was a Moderate Democratic United States Senator S. Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
• September 24 - Herbert Jeffreys, American singer and actor
• September 27 - John Harvey, stage and film actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Herbert "Herb" Jeffries (born September 24, 1911) is an American Jazz Singer and Actor. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again John Harvey ( 27 September 1911 &ndash July 19, 1982) was an English Actor. 1982)
• September 29 - Charles Court, Australian politician (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, AK, KCMG, OBE, ( 29 September 1911 &ndash 22 December 2007) was a Western 2007)
• October 5
  • Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966 was an Irish novelist and satirist best known for his novels An Béal Bocht, At 1966)
  • Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist
• October 9 - Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Pierre Dansereau (born October 5, 1911) is a Canadian Ecologist known as one of the "fathers of ecology" Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Joseph John Rosenthal ( October 9 1911 &ndash August 20 2006) was an American Photographer who received the Pulitzer 2006)
• October 10 - Clare Hollingworth, British journalist
• October 13 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Clare Hollingworth (born October 10, 1911) is a famous British War correspondent. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Sanjay Ashok Kumar ( Hindi: अशोक कुमार Urdu: اَشوک کُمار ( October 13, 1911 &ndash December 10, 2001)
• October 14 - Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Lê Ðức Thọ ( ( October 14, 1911  &ndash October 13, 1990) was a Vietnamese Revolutionary, General The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1990)
• October 15 - James H. Schmitz, German-born American science fiction writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the James Henry Schmitz ( October 15 1911 – April 18, 1981) was an American Writer born in Hamburg, Germany 1981)
• October 26 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Sidney "Sid" Gillman ( October 26, 1911 - January 3, 2003) was an American football coach and innovator 2003)
• October 30 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Ruth Carol Hussey ( October 30 1911 &ndash April 19 2005) was an American actress best known for her Oscar -nominated role as 2005)

November-December

• November 1
  • Sidney Wood, American tennis player
  • Henri Troyat, French writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Sidney Wood (born November 1, 1911) was an American male tennis player Henri Troyat, born Levon Aslan Torossian or Lev Aslanovich Tarasov (rus Лев Асланович Тарасов) ( November 1, 1911 2007)
• November 2 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Odysseas Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (November 2 1911—March 18 1996 is a legendary Greek poet,regarded as one of the most important representatives The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1996)
• November 5 - Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5 1911 &ndash July 6 1998 was a singer and Cowboy Actor. 1998)
• November 12 - Chad Varah, British priest and humanitarian (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Edward Chad Varah, CH, CBE ( 12 November 1911 &ndash 8 November 2007) was an English Anglican 2007)
• November 13 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil ( November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American 2006)
• November 24 - Erik Bergman, Finnish composer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal 2006)
• November 27
  • David Merrick, American theater producer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont David Merrick ( November 27 1911 &ndash April 25, 2000) was a prolific Tony Award -winning American Theatrical producer 2000)
  • Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist
• November 28 – Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Fe del Mundo (born November 27, 1911) is a Filipino pediatrician. The award and rank of National Scientist of the Philippines is the highest award accorded to Filipino Scientists by the Philippine government. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Václav Renč ( 28 November, 1911, Vodochody &ndash 30 April, 1973, Brno) was a Czech poet dramatist and translator 1973)
• December 3 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Nino Rota ( December 3, 1911 &ndash April 10, 1979) was an Italian Composer best known for his work on Film scores 1979)
• December 8 - Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Lee J Cobb ( December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American Actor. 1976)
• December 11
  • Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Naguib Mahfouz (نجيب محفوظ Nagīb Maḥfūẓ ( December 11, 1911 – August 30, 2006) was an Egyptian Novelist The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 2006)
  • Val Guest, British film director (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Val Guest ( December 11 1911 &ndash May 10, 2006) was a British Film director, best known for his science-fiction 2006)
• December 13
  • Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Trygve Magnus Haavelmo ( 13 December 1911 – 26 July 1999) was an Economist with main research interests centered on the fields The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1999)
  • Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Kenneth Patchen ( December 13 1911 &ndash January 8 1972) was an American Poet and Novelist. 1972)
• December 18 - Jules Dassin, American director (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Jules Dassin, born Julius Dassin ( &ndash) was an American Film director. 2008)
• December 20 - Hortense Calisher, American author
• December 21 - Josh Gibson, baseball player (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Hortense Calisher (born December 20, 1911 in New York City, NY) is an American writer of fiction Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Joshua Gibson ( December 21, 1911 - January 20, 1947) was an American Catcher in 1947)
• December 23 - Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS ( December 23, 1911 &ndash October 7, 1994) was a Danish ( English -born Immunologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1994)
• December 25 - Louise Bourgeois, French born American artist
• December 26 - Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Louise Bourgeois ( born in Paris, December 25, 1911) is an Artist and Sculptor. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Arsenio H Lacson ( December 26, 1911 — April 15, 1962) was a Filipino journalist and politician who gained widespread attention 1962)
• December 27 - Anna Russell, British comedian and singer (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Anna Russell, née Anna Claudia Russell-Brown ( 27 December 1911 - 18 October 2006) was an English – Canadian 2006)
• December 30 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Jeanette Nolan ( December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress born in Los Angeles. 1998)
• date unknown
  • Yolande Beekman, French-born World War II heroine (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Yolande Beekman (born November 7, 1911, Paris, died September 13, 1944, Dachau concentration camp, Germany 1944)
  • Jaime Ornelas Camacho, Portuguese-born politician

Deaths

January - June

• January 17 - Sir Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jaime Ornelas Camacho, (born 1911 was the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, and a member of the Madeiran branch of the popular Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Sir Francis Galton FRS ( 16 February 1822 &ndash 17 January 1911) half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an 1822)
• March 1 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff ( August 30, 1852 &ndash March 1, 1911) was a Dutch physical and organic chemist The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1852)
• April 10 - Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian artist and composer (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ( in Old Varėna &mdash in Pustelnik near Warsaw) was a Lithuanian painter and Composer 1875)
• April 25 - Emilio Salgari, Italian writer (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Emilio Salgari (correctly salˈgaːɾi but often erroneously; August 21, 1862 – April 25, 1911) was an Italian writer of 1862)
• April 29 - Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Georg Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe ( 10 October 1846 - 29 April 1911) was a ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe 1846)
• May 18 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. 1860)
• May 21 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish astronomer (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming ( May 15, 1857 &ndash May 21, 1911) Astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland 1857)
• May 27 - Thursday October Christian II, Pitcairn Islands leader (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Thursday October Christian II ( October 1820 - 27 May 1911)was a Pitcairn Islands political leader 1820)
• May 29 - William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 &ndash 29 May 1911 was an English Dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen 1836)
• June 2 - Axel Olof Freudenthal, philologist and politician (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Axel Olof Freudenthal ( 12 December 1836 &ndash 2 June 1911) was a Finland Swedish philologist and politician 1836)
• June 9 - Carrie Nation, American temperance activist (b. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits 1846)

July - December

• July 2 - Clement A. Evans, Confederate general (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Clement Anselm Evans (February 25 1833 &ndash July 2 1911 was a Confederate Infantry general in the American Civil War. 1833)
• July 15 - Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Louisa Frederica Augusta Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire, formerly Louisa Frederica Augusta Montagu Duchess of Manchester, Née Countess Louisa Frederica 1832)
• July 16 - August Harambašić, Croatian writer (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and August Harambašić ( July 14 1861 - July 16 1911) was a Croatian writer poet publisher politician and translator from the 19th 1861)
• August 1 - Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Edwin Austin Abbey ( April 1, 1852 &ndash August 1, 1911) was an American Artist, illustrator, and painter 1852)
• August 8 - William P. Frye, U. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. William Pierce Frye ( September 2, 1830 &ndash August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U S. Senator (b. 1830)
• September 16 - Edward Whymper, British explorer (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Edward Whymper ( April 27, 1840 &ndash September 16, 1911) was a British illustrator Climber and Explorer 1840)
• October 7 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) John Hughlings Jackson, FRS ( March 4, 1835 - October 7, 1911) was an English Neurologist; born at Providence 1835)
• October 14 - John Marshall Harlan, U. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces This is about the pre-World-War-I US Supreme Court justice for his grandson the mid-20th century holder of the same position see John Marshall Harlan II. S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833)
• October 24 - Ida Lewis, lighthouse keeper (b. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Idawalley Zorada Lewis (later Lewis-Wilson) ( 25 February 1842 &ndash 24 October 1911) was an American Lighthouse 1842)
• October 29 - Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born newspaper publisher and journalist (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Joseph Pulitzer ( English pronunciation PULL-itser; April 10, 1847 He sought a military career but was turned down by the 1847)
• October 31 - John Joseph Montgomery, American glider pioneer (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse John Joseph Montgomery ( February 15, 1858 – October 31, 1911) was an Aviation pioneer inventor professor at Santa Clara 1858)
• November 26 - Komura Jutarō, Japanese statesman (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Marquis, GCB, GCMG ( 26 October 1855 – 25 November 1911) was a statesman and diplomat in Meiji period 1855)
• December 10 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, OM, GCSI, MD, FRS (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911 was an English Botanist and Explorer 1817)
• December 25 - Arthur F. Griffith, American calculating prodigy (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Arthur F Griffith ( 30 July 1880 - 25 December 1911) nicknamed "Pooze" was a calculating prodigy born July 30 1880)
• date unknown - William George Aston, British consular official (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William George Aston ( April 9 1841 -1911 was a British consular official in Japan and Korea. 1841)

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Nobel prizes

• Physics - Wilhelm Wien
• Chemistry - Maria Skłodowska-Curie
• Medicine - Allvar Gullstrand
• Literature - Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck
• Peace - Tobias Michael Carel Asser Alfred Hermann Fried

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