WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1911
Find out what all happened March to August 1911
In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. (15. May 1911)
Germany despatched the gunship Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. (1. July 1911)
The Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded. (19. June 1911)
The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution. (31. May 1911)
International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. (8. March 1911)
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. (19. May 1911)
During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skenderbeg). (6. April 1911)
The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. (7. July 1911)
In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. (25. March 1911)
The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm. (29. March 1911)
United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. (14. August 1911)
George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (22. June 1911)
Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. (29. August 1911)
Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. (8. April 1911)
A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn. (16. June 1911)
Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". (24. July 1911)
The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books. (9. May 1911)
Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. (22. April 1911)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census. (2. April 1911)
The New York Public Library is dedicated. (23. May 1911)
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