Significant Events
- Jul 24 American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
- Aug 21 "Mona Lisa" stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913)
- Dec 14 Norwegian Roald Amundsen's expedition is the 1st to each the South Pole
- Dec 29 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of the Republic of China
1911 in Sport
- May 30 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
World Leaders in 1911
Nicholas II
Tsar
Wilhelm II
German Emperor and King of Prussia
William Howard Taft
27th US President
Famous People in 1911
Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Ginger Rogers
Hank Greenberg
Jack Ruby
Lucille Ball
Ronald Reagan
Tennessee WilliamsWould You Believe?
Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
On August 29, 1911
Famous Weddings
- Jan 5 British PM Neville Chamberlain (41) weds Anne de Vere Cole
- Jan 7 Actress Mary Pickford (19) weds actor Owen Moore (25)
- Jan 11 Actress Hattie McDaniel (16) weds pianist Howard Hickman (30)
- Apr 11 Actress Mae West (17) weds fellow vaudevillian Frank Wallace (21) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jul 5 "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
William Schwenck GilbertArticles on Events in 1911
A Modern Major-General of Light Entertainment
William Gilbert, celebrated as the unique lyricist behind the highly popular Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, met his death in highly unexpected circumstances.
May 29, 1911
Heartbreak and Tragedy for Captain Scott
Beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on this day, only despair and death awaited British explorer Captain Robert Scott.
December 14, 1911