WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1911
Find out what all happened August to September 1911

An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. (25. September 1911)

Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. (29. August 1911)

The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship. (1. September 1911)

Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston (25. September 1911)

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. (7. September 1911)

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

The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee. (21. August 1911)

Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House. (18. September 1911)

White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with British warship HMS Hawke. (20. September 1911)