August 1911 calendar

August 1911
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1911.
The US president was William Howard Taft (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was H. H. Asquith (Liberal), Pope Pius X was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1911: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1911?

Events

01 Aug 1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point
08 Aug 1911 Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913.
10 Aug 1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords.
14 Aug 1911 General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti
15 Aug 1911 Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
19 Aug 1911 New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times
22 Aug 1911 Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris
23 Aug 1911 British Premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany
27 Aug 1911 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0.
28 Aug 1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia
29 Aug 1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

Famous Birthday

Lucille Ball
American actress and noted comedienne with more than 50 films from her debut in 1933.
Robert Taylor
American actor who made over 70 films in 35 years.
Cantinflas
Mexican actor and comedian, Mexico's most famous comic actor in his half century of making some 49 films.
Michèle Alfa
French actress who died on 24 August 1987 in Vésinet, France.
Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza
Nicholas Ray
American actor, and director famed for "Johnny Guitar," 1954, "The Lusty Men," 1954, "Rebel Without a Cause," 1955 and "King of Kings,"...
Mikhail Botvinnik
Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion (Born 1911).
Ramón Vinay
Pericle Felici
Italian ecclesiastic, a R.C.
Vivi-Anne Hultén
Harry Heltzer
American business executive.
Otto Binder
American sci-fi author, librarian and manuscript reader from 1936-1938 and freelance writer from 1932.
Golbery do Couto e Silva
Vernon E Clark
Alex McCrindle
Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990).
Ann Dvorak
Actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67.
Joseph Luns
Dutch politician who , served for 19 years as foreign minister of The Netherlands before being appointed (1971) secretary-general of NATO, a...
Annibale Frossi
Henri Agel
French film professor and critic who died on July 1, 2008 in Decazeville.
Kay Walsh
English actress singer and dancer (d. 2005).
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