WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1911
Find out what all happened January to June 1911

Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. (14. January 1911)

Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice. (24. January 1911)

Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. (1. January 1911)

Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane. (26. January 1911)

The New York Public Library is dedicated. (23. May 1911)

Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. (18. January 1911)

George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (22. June 1911)

In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. (25. March 1911)

IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. (16. June 1911)

The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place. (21. January 1911)

The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution. (31. May 1911)

A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill. (2. January 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)

Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. (26. January 1911)

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. (27. April 1911)

The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census. (2. April 1911)

The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched. (31. May 1911)

A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn. (16. June 1911)

The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books. (9. May 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)

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