WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1911
Find out what all happened March to December 1911

"Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. (27. December 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)

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

The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee. (21. August 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)

Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". (24. July 1911)

Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (24. December 1911)

The Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded. (19. June 1911)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor-General of Canada of royal descent. (13. October 1911)

The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. (10. October 1911)

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

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. (17. November 1911)

Roald Amundsen' s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. (14. December 1911)

Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. (12. December 1911)

An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire (9. October 1911)

Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. (29. September 1911)

At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race. (30. May 1911)

Orville Wright, remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. (24. October 1911)

A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines. (9. December 1911)

First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War. (23. October 1911)

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