December 1911 calendar

December 1911
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 1911: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1911?

Events

07 Dec 1911 National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria.
10 Dec 1911 Calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days).
12 Dec 1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
14 Dec 1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
18 Dec 1911 Opening of first exhibition by Der Blaue Reiter group of painters, in Munich.
29 Dec 1911 San Francisco Symphony is formed.
30 Dec 1911 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of the Republic of China
31 Dec 1911 Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize.

Famous Birthday

Louise Bourgeois
French artist, a contemporary representative of American sculpture.
Alfred Manessier
Non-figurative French painter, stained glass artist, and tapestry designer, part of the new Paris Schooland the Salon de Mai.
André Claveau
French singer and actor (d. 2003).
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Nino Rota
Italian musician and film composer, winning the co-composer Oscar with Carmine Coppola for the musical score of "The Godfather II," 1974.
Jules Dassin
American jewish film director of Russian descent (family coming from Odessa).
Max Papart
Marseille Painters.
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Bernard Saint-Hillier
French general, who served in World War II and the Algerian War.
Stan Kenton
American musician, composer and bandleader whose progressive influence in music made him a controversial figure in jazz for nearly 40 years.
Jeanette Nolan
Los Angeles, California -- Actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian).
Junie Astor
French actress of stage and film.
Lee J Cobb
Actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64.
Broderick Crawford
American actor and singer (d. 1986).
Anna Russell
British singer and comedienne, a popular satirist of opera stars with many hit records; author of "The Power of Being a Positive Stinker.
Berto Lardera
Italian artist and sculptor.
Jean Streiff
French Catholic clergyman, who was Bishop Emeritus of Nevers.
Guy Rolfe
Kenneth Patchen
American poet and novelist, illustrator, satirist and playwright.
Marc Bonel
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