March 1, 1911 (Tuesday)

• U.S. Senator William Lorimer
  William Lorimer (politician)
  William Lorimer was a U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois. He subsequently served in the United States Senate and was known as the "Blond Boss" in Chicago. In 1912, however, the Senate held Lorimer's election invalid due to the use of corrupt methods and practices including...
  
   of Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
   was able to keep his seat after the vote to oust him failed, 40-46. Lorimer's right to a seat in the U.S. Senate had been challenged by Senator Albert J. Beveridge
  Albert J. Beveridge
  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was an American historian and United States Senator from Indiana.-Early years:Albert J. Beveridge was born October 6, 1862 in Highland County, Ohio and his parents moved to Indiana soon after his birth, and his boyhood was one of hard work...
  
  , on grounds that the Illinois Legislature had been bribed to elect Lorimer.
• The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the proposed Constitution of the State of New Mexico
  Constitution of the State of New Mexico
  The Constitution of the State of New Mexico is the document governing the political framework of this U.S. state. Article II contains a bill of rights...
  
  . Congress adjourned three days later without the bill being voted on by Senate.
• The Weeks Act
  Weeks Act
  The Weeks Act is a federal law passed by the US Congress on 1 March 1911 in the United States. The law, introduced by Congressman John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to "Examine, locate and recommend for purchase ... such lands within the watersheds of navigable...
  
   was signed into law by U.S. President Taft, authorizing the federal government to acquire "lands within the watersheds of navigable streams".
• Ernest Monis
  Ernest Monis
  Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of Gironde from 1885 to 1889 and then senator of the same department from 1891 to 1920...
  
   accepted the request of President Fallières
  Armand Fallières
  Clément Armand Fallières was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913.He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace...
  
   to form a government as the new Prime Minister of France
  Prime Minister of France
  The Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
  
  .
• José Batlle y Ordóñez
  José Batlle y Ordóñez
  José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez was the president of Uruguay in 1899 and from 1903 until 1907 and for a further term from 1911 to 1915. He was the son of former president, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau. His children César, Rafael and Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco were actively engaged in politics...
  
   was elected President of Uruguay
  Uruguay
  Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
  
  .
• Pend Oreille County, Washington, was established.
• Died: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
  Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
  Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr. was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. He is best known for his discoveries in chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, osmotic pressure, and stereochemistry...
  
  , 59, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
  
   laureate

March 2, 1911 (Wednesday)

• The vote on the second reading
  Reading (legislature)
  A reading of a bill is a debate on the bill held before the general body of a legislature, as opposed to before a committee or other group. In the Westminster system, there are usually several readings of a bill among the stages it passes through before becoming law as an Act of Parliament...
  
   of the "Veto Bill"
  Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
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  , giving the British House of Commons
  British House of Commons
  The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
  
   power to override actions of the House of Lords
  House of Lords
  The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
  
  , passed 368 to 243.
• Manuel E. Aranjo was inaugurated as President of El Salvador
  President of El Salvador
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• Alexander Scriabin
  Alexander Scriabin
  Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
  
  's symphonic work Prometheus: The Poem of Fire was first performed.
• The Ottawa Senators
  Ottawa Senators (original)
  The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...
  
   clinched the title of the National Hockey Association
  National Hockey Association
  The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
  
  , forerunner of the NHL, when the Montreal Canadiens
  Montreal Canadiens
  The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
  
   lost to the Renfrew Creamery Kings
  Renfrew Creamery Kings
  The Renfrew Hockey Club, also known as the Creamery Kings and the "Renfrew Millionaires" was a founding franchise in 1909 of the National Hockey Association, the precursor to the National Hockey League...
  
  . With 3 games remaining, Ottawa was 11-2 and Montreal 8-6; Ottawa beat the Canadiens 4-3 and 5-0 on March 8 and 10 to finish with a 13-3-0 record.

March 3, 1911 (Thursday)

• The first congressional appropriation was made for what would become the United States Air Force
  United States Air Force
  The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
  
  , with $125,000 being allocated for the U.S. Army Signal Corps to purchase airplanes. With the first $25,000 the Corps purchased three Wright Company
  Wright Company
  The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...
  
   and two Curtiss Aeroplane Company aircraft.
• The U.S. Department of Justice filed antitrust
  Antitrust
  The United States antitrust law is a body of laws that prohibits anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. Antitrust laws are intended to encourage competition in the marketplace. These competition laws make illegal certain practices deemed to hurt businesses or consumers or both,...
  
   proceedings against General Electric
  General Electric
  General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
  
   and 34 other companies to dissolve the "Electrical Trust".
• The U.S. Army Dental Corps
  United States Army Dental Command
  The U.S. Army Dental Command, known as DENCOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Medical Command that provides command and control of the Army's fixed-facility dental treatment facilities, preventive care, dental research, development and training institutions, dental treatment to...
  
   was created, with sixty dental surgeons in its employ.
• Adams County
  Adams County, Idaho
  Adams County is a rural county located in the state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census the county had a population of 3,976. The county seat and largest city is Council.Adams County was established in 1911 and was named in honor of President John Adams...
  
   and Lewis County, Idaho
  Lewis County, Idaho
  Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. Established in 1911, it was named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis. The population was 3,821 at the 2010 census. The county seat is Nezperce, and Kamiah is the county's largest city.-Geography:...
  
    were established on the same day.
• Born: Jean Harlow
  Jean Harlow
  Jean Harlow was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde" , Harlow was ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time by the American Film Institute...
  
  , American actress, as Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City
  Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
  
   (d. 1937)

March 4, 1911 (Saturday)

• With two years left on his term, U.S. Senator J.W. Bailey
  Joseph Weldon Bailey
  Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. was a United States Senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and a Populist political figure. He served as a Congressional Representative between 1891 and 1901, and as the House minority leader from 1897 until 1899...
  
   of Texas resigned, sending a telegram to Governor Oscar Colquitt at 11:00 am. After the Texas State Senate voted 20-5 for a resolution asking Bailey to reconsider, and Governor Colquitt asked likewise, Bailey sent a second telegram at 6:00 pm, withdrawing his resignation. Although there was no legal precedent for a member of the Senate to quit and then return, Bailey served nearly the rest of his term, resigning in January 1911.
• Francisco Bertrand
  Francisco Bertrand
  Francisco Bertrand Barahona was twice President of Honduras, first from 28 March 1911 to 1 February 1912, and then again between 21 March 1913 and 9 September 1919. His successor and predecessor was Manuel Bonilla....
  
   became the interim President of Honduras
  President of Honduras
  This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....
  
   as part of an agreement to end the civil war there. Bertrand replaced Miguel R. Dávila
  Miguel R. Dávila
  General Miguel Rafael Dávila Cuellar was President of Honduras between 18 April 1907 and 28 March 1911. He occupied various posts in the government of Policarpo Bonilla, before becoming President himself. He died in Honduras on 11 October 1927....
  
   until supervised elections could be held in October.
• The 50th anniversary of the March 5, 1861 emancipation, by Tsar Alexander II, of 23,000,000 Russian serfs was celebrated nationwide. On the same day, a proposal by Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin
  Pyotr Stolypin
  Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin served as the leader of the 3rd DUMA—from 1906 to 1911. His tenure was marked by efforts to repress revolutionary groups, as well as for the institution of noteworthy agrarian reforms. Stolypin hoped, through his reforms, to stem peasant unrest by creating a class of...
  
   to grant citizens of Poland
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
   limited right of local government (zemstvo
  Zemstvo
  Zemstvo was a form of local government that was instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of the zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin, and the first zemstvo laws were put into effect in 1864...
  
  ), was voted down by the State Council
  State Council of Imperial Russia
  The State Council was the supreme state advisory body to the Tsar in Imperial Russia.-18th century:Early Tsars' Councils were small and dealt primarily with the external politics....
  
  , 92-68.
• After the outgoing Congress
  61st United States Congress
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   ended without voting on the statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, reapportionment of the House, or the Canadian reciprocity agreement, President Taft called a special session of the 61st United States Congress
  61st United States Congress
  The Sixty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of...
  
   to begin on April 4.

March 5, 1911 (Sunday)

• A stampede in a movie theater at the Russian city of Bologoye
  Bologoye
  Bologoye is a town and the administrative center of Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, as well as a major railway hub. It is located approximately half-way between Moscow and St. Petersburg on the railway route connecting the two cities. Population: The first mention of Bologoye in...
  
   killed 120 people, mostly children. The panic began after a movie projector caught fire.
• Carl Bosch
  Carl Bosch
  Carl Bosch was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel laureate in chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben, at one point the world's largest chemical company....
  
   redesigned equpiment to make feasible the Fritz Haber
  Fritz Haber
  Fritz Haber was a German chemist, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his development for synthesizing ammonia, important for fertilizers and explosives. Haber, along with Max Born, proposed the Born–Haber cycle as a method for evaluating the lattice energy of an ionic solid...
  
   process for commercial production of ammonia (invented July 2, 1909
  July 1909
  January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in July 1909.-July 1, 1909 :...
  
  .

March 6, 1911 (Monday)

• Samuel Battle was sworn in as the first African-American police officer in the New York Police Department.
• Born: Nikolai Baibakov
  Nikolai Baibakov
  Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. He finished secondary school in 1928 and entered the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, from which he graduated in 1931 as a mining engineer. In 1935, he was drafted into the armed forces...
  
  , Soviet statesman, Chairman of Gosplan 1965-85, in Sabunchu, Russian Empire
  Russian Empire
  The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
  
   (d. 2008)
• Died: William Worrall Mayo
  William Worrall Mayo
  William Worrall Mayo was a British medical doctor and chemist, best known for establishing the private medical practice that later evolved into the Mayo Clinic. He was a descendant of a famous English chemist, John Mayow. His sons, William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, joined the private...
  
  , M.D., 91, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice and medical research group specializing in treating difficult patients . Patients are referred to Mayo Clinic from across the U.S. and the world, and it is known for innovative and effective treatments. Mayo Clinic is known for being at the top of...
  
  

March 7, 1911 (Tuesday)

• In an event whose significance was little noticed at the time, British physicist Ernest Rutherford
  Ernest Rutherford
  Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics...
  
   first described his discovery of the nature of subatomic structure
  Rutherford model
  The Rutherford model or planetary model is a model of the atom devised by Ernest Rutherford. Rutherford directed the famous Geiger-Marsden experiment in 1909, which suggested on Rutherford's 1911 analysis that the so-called "plum pudding model" of J. J. Thomson of the atom was incorrect...
  
  . The paper, The Scattering of the Alpha and Beta Rays and the Structure of the Atom, was presented before the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
  Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
  The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, popularly known as the Lit & Phil, is a learned society in Manchester, England.Established in 1781 as the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, by Thomas Percival, Thomas Barnes and Thomas Henry, other prominent members have included...
  
  . Rutherford's experiments showed that all but 1/4000th of the mass of an atom lay within a core one-billionth of the space in the atom, and published in May in the Society's scientific journal, Philosophical Magazine
  Philosophical Magazine
  The Philosophical Magazine is one of the oldest scientific journals published in English. Initiated by Alexander Tilloch in 1798, in 1822 Richard Taylor became joint editor and it has been published continuously by Taylor & Francis ever since; it was the journal of choice for such luminaries as...
  
  .
• At 11:00 am, the United States Department of War
  United States Department of War
  The United States Department of War, also called the War Department , was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army...
  
   issued a statement that "a large number of troops" was being moved to points in Texas and southern California, and that the Department of the Navy had ordered 15 ships from the Atlantic Fleet to the Texas coast, including four armoured cruisers. In addition, 2,000 U.S. Marines had been ordered to assemble at the Guantanamo Bay base. The operation, which had been taking place in secret since the day before, was limited to "manouevres". With almost one-fourth of the U.S. Army (20,000 troops) having been dispatched secretly by the President the day before, and the greatest move of soldiers since the American Civil War
  American Civil War
  The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
  
  , the press was skeptical about the explanation. The New York Times observed "The United States is making a move as to Mexico that looks like a potential interference in the affairs of that country, though it wears the official aspect of a military mobilization". U.S. President Taft
  William Howard Taft
  William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...
  
   told reporters later in the day that he had reassured Mexican President Díaz
  Porfirio Díaz
  José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...
  
   that there were no plans to cross the border.

March 8, 1911 (Wednesday)

• Ford Motor Company, Ltd., more popularly known as Ford of Britain
  Ford of Britain
  Ford of Britain is a British wholly owned subsidiary of Ford of Europe, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Its business started in 1909 and has its registered office in Brentwood, Essex...
  
  , was incorporated as a subsidiary of the American Ford Motor Company
  Ford Motor Company
  Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
  
  , Inc. In October, the factory at Trafford Park
  Trafford Park
  Trafford Park is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located opposite Salford Quays, on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, it is west-southwest of Manchester city centre, and north of Stretford. Until the late 19th century it was the...
  
  , near Manchester
  Manchester
  Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
  
  , began building the first British-assembled Model T automobiles. Initially, the cars were made by four man teams, until the assembly line was set up in 1913.
• The honorary fraternity for educators, Kappa Delta Pi
  Kappa Delta Pi
  Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies. Its membership is limited to the top 20 percent of those entering the field of education. Kappa Delta Pi claims over 600 chapters across North America and...
  
  , was founded at the University of Illinois, and now has 606 chapters.
• The city of Waldport, Oregon
  Waldport, Oregon
  Waldport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. The population was 2,050 at the 2000 census. The city is located on the Alsea River and Alsea Bay, south of Newport and north of Yachats.-Geography:...
  
  , was incorporated.
• The first observation of International Women's Day
  International Women's Day
  International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...
  
   did not take place on March 8, 1911, although the day was first observed in 1911, and although it is now observed annually on the 8th of March. The first IWD was on March 19, 1911.
• Born: Alan Hovhaness
  Alan Hovhaness
  Alan Hovhaness was an Armenian-American composer.His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation...
  
  , American composer, as Alan Vaness Chakmakjian in Somerville, MA (d. 2000); and Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
  Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
  Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. was a civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years. He also served as a regional director for the organization. Mitchell, nicknamed "the 101st U.S...
  
  , American civil rights lobbyist, in Baltimore
  Baltimore
  Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
  
   (d. 1984).

March 9, 1911 (Thursday)

• Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
  Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
  Pleasant Prairie is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin located between Milwaukee and Chicago. The population was 16,136 at the 2000 census. The neighborhoods of Carol Beach, Dexter's Corner, Ranney, and Tobin are located within the village.-Geography:...
  
  , the company town for the Laffin Rand Powder Company, was leveled by a powder explosion, killing 40 people.
• The greatest depth of snowfall ever recorded in the United States was measured at Tamarack Flat in California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  's Yosemite National Park
  Yosemite National Park
  Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
  
  . A snowfall in January totaling 390 inches contributed to snow at a depth of 454 in. (37 feet, 10 inches).
• The last American and British forces were withdrawn from the Honduras
  Honduras
  Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
  
  , departing from San Pedro
  San Pedro Sula
  San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
  
  .

March 10, 1911 (Friday)

• The Kansas
  Kansas
  Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
  
   legislature enacted House Bill Number 906, the first blue sky law
  Blue sky law
  A blue sky law is a state law in the United States that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud. Though the specific provisions of these laws vary among states, they all require the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock...
  
   in the United States, culminating an effort by Joseph Norman Dolley
  Joseph Norman Dolley
  Joseph Norman Dolley was the bank commissioner of State of Kansas who pushed for the passage of the first state securities laws, known as the blue-sky laws. J.N. Dolley, as he was known, was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 14, 1860, a son of Joseph Norman and Ellen Dolley. On Oct. 13,...
  
  , Kansas' banking commissioner. The law, which became effective on March 15, subjected any person or entity, selling securities or other investments within Kansas, to state regulation.
• Culberson County, Texas
  Culberson County, Texas
  Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. In 2000, its population was 2,975. Culberson was founded in 1911. It is named for David B. Culberson, a lawyer and Confederate soldier in the American...
  
  , was established.

March 11, 1911 (Saturday)

• Dr. Simon Flexner
  Simon Flexner
  Simon Flexner, M.D. was a physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania . He was the first director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation...
  
   announced, at a meeting of the Rockefeller Institute, the discovery of the cause of infantile paralysis, also known as poliomyelitis or polio. The "germ" (later determined to be a virus) was isolated from the blood of persons in Boston and New York who had fallen victim in the pandemic of 1908.
• Brooks County, Texas was established after being separated from Starr County
  Starr County, Texas
  Starr County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 60,968. Its county seat is Rio Grande City. The county is named for James Harper Starr, who served as Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas. It is part of the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX,...
  
  , and the county seat was established at Falfurrias
  Falfurrias, Texas
  Falfurrias is a city in and the county seat of Brooks County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,297 at the 2000 census. The town is named for founder Edward Cunningham Lasater's ranch, La Mota de Falfurrias. In 1893, the Falfurrias ranch was one of the largest in Texas at some 350,000...
  
  . The county was named for Texas state legislator John Abijah Brooks, who had worked toward its creation and was the county's leader from 1911 to 1939. Willacy County, Texas was established on the same day.
• Two weeks before the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, two men, Nathan Schefflin and Isadore Margolis saved the lives of 50 people who were trapped on the fifth floor of a building in New York City
  New York City
  New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
  
  . The two were in an adjoining building eight feet away, and used a cutting table as a bridge to safety.

March 12, 1911 (Sunday)

• Mexican federal troops defeated revolutionists at Agua Prieta
  Agua Prieta
  Agua Prieta is a pueblo and municipality in the northeastern corner of the Mexican state of Sonora . It stands on the U.S.–Mexico border, adjacent to the town of Douglas, Arizona, USA. The municipality covers an area of 3,631.65 km²...
  
  
• Part of the crater of Mt. Vesuvius fell after a sever earthquake.
• Born: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
  Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
  Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970.- Political career :Díaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés Chalchícomula . His father, Ramón Díaz Ordaz Redonet, worked as an accountant, while his mother, Sabina Bolaños Cacho de Díaz Ordaz, worked as a school teacher...
  
  , 29th President of Mexico
  President of Mexico
  The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
  
   (1964–70), in San Andres, Puebla (d. 1979)

March 13, 1911 (Monday)

• The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal tax on corporate income as constitutional
• Born: L. Ron Hubbard
  L. Ron Hubbard
  Lafayette Ronald Hubbard , better known as L. Ron Hubbard , was an American pulp fiction author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology...
  
   (Lafayette Ronald Hubbard), founder of Scientology and science fiction author and (d. 1986), in Tilden, Nebraska
  Tilden, Nebraska
  Tilden is a city in Antelope and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Tilden was incorporated as Burnett in 1885, but the U.S. Post Office officially changed the name of the village in 1887, after presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden, due to confusion with Bennet, Nebraska. The...
  
  .
• Born: Marie Rudisill
  Marie Rudisill
  Marie Rudisill , also known as the Fruitcake Lady, was a writer and television personality, best known as the nonagenarian woman who appeared in the "Ask the Fruitcake Lady" segments on The Tonight Show on American television. She was an aunt to novelist Truman Capote...
  
  , American author who achieved fame in her 90s as the Fruitcake Lady; as Edna Marie Faulk in Monroeville, Alabama
  Monroeville, Alabama
  Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama, United States, the county seat of Monroe County. At the 2000 census its population was 6,862. It is known as the home town of two prominent writers of the post World War II period, Truman Capote and Harper Lee, who were childhood friends in the...
  
   (d. 2006)

March 14, 1911 (Tuesday)

• California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
   Governor Hiram Johnson
  Hiram Johnson
  Hiram Warren Johnson was a leading American progressive and later isolationist politician from California; he served as the 23rd Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945.-Early life:...
  
   signed into law a bill providing for referenda, initiatives, and recall. The next day, he approved a bill for the Australian ballot.
• The Japanese Antarctic Expedition
  Japanese Antarctic Expedition
  The Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910–12 was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by an expedition from Japan. Led by army lieutenant Nobu Shirase, its ship Kainan Maru left Tokyo on December 1910, reaching the ice on 26 February 1911 and sailing on into the Ross Sea...
  
   reached its limit as the Kainan Maru arrived at Coulman Island
  Coulman Island
  Coulman Island is an ice-covered island, composed of several connected shield volcanos in the Ross Sea off Antarctica. The Coulman caldera, wide and deep, can be found on the south end of the island. Emperor penguins inhabit this island. Coulman Island lies within the boundaries of Ross...
  
   and could proceed no further.

March 15, 1911 (Wednesday)

• The final trial to determine which firearms manufacturer, Savage Arms
  Savage Arms
  The Savage Arms Company is a firearms manufacturing company based in Westfield, Massachusetts, with a division located in Canada. The company makes a variety of rimfire and centerfire rifles, as well as marketing the Stevens single-shot rifles and shotguns...
  
   Company or Colt's Manufacturing Company
  Colt's Manufacturing Company
  Colt's Manufacturing Company is a United States firearms manufacturer, whose first predecessor corporation was founded in 1836 by Sam Colt. Colt is best known for the engineering, production, and marketing of firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century...
  
  , would receive the big contract to supply the U.S. Army with the standard .45 caliber pistol to be used by every soldier, came down to a 6,000 shot test at the Springfield Armory
  Springfield Armory
  The Springfield Armory, located in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts - from 1777 until its closing in 1968 - was the primary center for the manufacture of U.S. military firearms. After its controversial closing during the Vietnam War, the Springfield Armory was declared Western Massachusetts'...
  
   in Springfield, Massachusetts
  Springfield, Massachusetts
  Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
  
  . The Colt Special Army Model 1910 had fewer malfunctions
  Firearm malfunction
  A firearm malfunction is the partial or complete failure of a firearm to operate as intended. Malfunctions range from temporary and relatively safe situations, such as a casing that didn't eject, to potentially dangerous occurrences that may permanently damage the gun and cause injury or death...
  
   than the Savage Model H, and was accepted as the Army's standard sidearm.
• The city of Tropico, California
  Glendale, California
  Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
  
   was incorporated and existed for almost eight years. In 1918, residents voted in favor of being annexed into Glendale
  Glendale, California
  Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
  
  , where it is now part of the Adams Hill neighborhood.
• Born: Ursula Vaughan Williams
  Ursula Vaughan Williams
  Ursula Vaughan Williams, née Joan Ursula Penton Lock was an English poet and author, and biographer of her second husband, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.-Biography:...
  
  , British author (d. 2007), in Valletta, Malta; Wilhelm Mohnke
  Wilhelm Mohnke
  SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke was one of the original 120 members of the SS-Staff Guard "Berlin" formed in March 1933. From those ranks, Mohnke rose to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining generals.Mohnke saw action with the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in France, Poland...
  
  , German Nazi general, in Lübeck
  Lübeck
  The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
  
   (d. 2001)

March 16, 1911 (Thursday)

• With a population of more than 800 people, Las Vegas
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
  
  , was incorporated as a city in the Nevada
  Nevada
  Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
  
   desert. Fifty years later, its population was over 64,000. In 2011, over 550,000 people lived within city limits and the metro area was 1.9 million.
• Born: Dr. Josef Mengele
  Josef Mengele
  Josef Rudolf Mengele , also known as the Angel of Death was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He earned doctorates in anthropology from Munich University and in medicine from Frankfurt University...
  
  , German Nazi physician who oversaw human medical experimentation at the Auschwitz concentration camp, then eluded capture; in Günzburg
  Günzburg
  Günzburg is a Große Kreisstadt and capital of the district of Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city of Günzburg—which had not previously been assigned to a Kreis —with the district of Günzburg and the district of Krumbach.Günzburg lies...
  
  (d. 1979); Pierre Harmel
  Pierre Harmel
  Pierre Charles José Marie Harmel, from 1991 Count Harmel was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat...
  
  , Belgian Prime Minister, 1965–66, in Uccle
  Uccle
  Uccle or Ukkel is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.Uccle is known for its well-to-do areas, its green spots and its high rental rates.-History:...
  
   (d. 2009); Sybille Bedford
  Sybille Bedford
  Sybille Bedford, OBE was a German-born English writer. Many of her works are partly autobiographical. Julia Neuberger proclaimed her "the finest woman writer of the 20th century" while Bruce Chatwin saw her as "one of the most dazzling practitioners of modern English prose".-Early life:She was...
  
  , German-born British novelist, in Charlottenburg
  Charlottenburg
  Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen consort Sophia Charlotte...
  
   (d. 2006)
• Died: John B. McDonald
  History of the IRT subway before 1918
  The first regularly operated subway in New York City was built by the city and leased to the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for operation under Contracts 1 and 2. Until 1918, when the new "H" system that is still operated - with separate East Side and West Side lines - was placed in service, it...
  
  , 66, builder of New York City Subway
  New York City Subway
  The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
  
  

March 17, 1911 (Friday)

• A fire, caused by a plumber's blowtorch, destroyed Boundary Field
  Boundary Field
  Boundary Field is a former baseball ground located in Washington, D.C. located on a larger block bounded approximately by Georgia Avenue, 5th Street, W Street and Florida Avenue, NW...
  
  , the baseball stadium used by the Washington Nationals, less than a month before Opening Day. Nevertheless, a new stadium was erected in time for the April 12 season opener.
• Anna Rogstad
  Anna Rogstad
  Anna Georgine Rogstad was a Norwegian educator, women's rights activist and politician for the Frisinnede Venstre, the Liberal Left Party of Norway. She was the country's first female Member of Parliament. A teacher by profession, Rogstad was deeply involved in the educational policies of the nation...
  
   took office as the first woman to ever serve in the Storting, the Parliament of Norway.
• The State of Nevada enacted a law permitting the easiest divorce in the United States, available on proof of little more than irreconcilable differences and proof of at least six months residency in the state.
• Died: Friedrich Haase
  Friedrich Haase
  Friedrich Haase was a prominent German actor and theatre director. He was born in Berlin, the son of a valet to King Frederick William IV, who was his godfather.-Career:...
  
  , 85, German actor and director nicknamed "Dean of the German Stage"

March 18, 1911 (Saturday)

• Alexander's Ragtime Band
  Alexander's Ragtime Band
  "Alexander's Ragtime Band" is the name of a song by Irving Berlin. It was his first major hit, in 1911. There is some evidence, although inconclusive, that Berlin borrowed the melody from a draft of "A Real Slow Drag" submitted by Scott Joplin that had been submitted to a...
  
  , which would prove to be Irving Berlin
  Irving Berlin
  Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
  
  's first hit song, was published for the first time, in the form of sheet music
  Sheet music
  Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens...
  
  . On May 23, the first recording of the song would be issued.
• At 5:48 pm, former president Theodore Roosevelt
  Theodore Roosevelt
  Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
  
   formally dedicated the Roosevelt Storage Dam
  Theodore Roosevelt Dam
  Theodore Roosevelt Dam is a dam on the Salt River located northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is high and forms Theodore Roosevelt Lake as it impounds the Salt River. Originally built between 1905 and 1911, the dam was renovated and expanded in 1989-1996. The dam is named after then-President...
  
   in the Arizona Territory
  Arizona Territory
  The Territory of Arizona was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863 until February 14, 1912, when it was admitted to the Union as the 48th state....
  
  . At 248 feet, it was the second largest dam in the world (after the Aswan Dam
  Aswan Dam
  The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam, which is larger and newer than the Aswan Low Dam, which was first completed in 1902...
  
   in Egypt, and provided the necessary water supply and electric power for the city of Phoenix
  Phoenix, Arizona
  Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
  
   to grow, from roughly 11,000 in 1911 to more than 1.5 million a century later.
• Italy's Prime Minister Luigi Luzzatti
  Luigi Luzzatti
  Luigi Luzzatti was an Italian political figure and served as the 31st Prime Minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911...
  
   resigned. He was replaced on March 29 by Giovanni Giolitti
  Giovanni Giolitti
  Giovanni Giolitti was an Italian statesman. He was the 19th, 25th, 29th, 32nd and 37th Prime Minister of Italy between 1892 and 1921. A left-wing liberal, Giolitti's periods in office were notable for the passage of a wide range of progressive social reforms which improved the living standards of...
  
  .
• Philadelphia won the National Billiard League Championship in a 50-47 victory over host Chicago, clinching the best of five series, 3 games to 0.
• The results of the 1910 German census
  Census in Germany
  A census in Germany was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only few full population censuses were held, the last in 1987. Germany, which since has relied on population samples, will participate in the EU-wide census in 2011....
  
   were released, showing that as of December 1, 1910, Germany had a population of 64,903,423 an increase of 7.03% since 1905.
• Abraham Lincoln
  Abraham Lincoln
  Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
  
  's funeral car was destroyed in a grassfire at Columbia Heights, Minnesota
  Columbia Heights, Minnesota
  As of the census of 2000, there were 18,520 people, 8,033 households, and 4,731 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,368.7 people per square mile . There were 8,151 housing units at an average density of 2,362.9 per square mile...
  
  , six years after the late Thomas Lowry
  Thomas Lowry
  Thomas Lowry was a lawyer, real-estate magnate, and businessman who oversaw much of the early growth the streetcar lines in the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding communities in Minnesota...
  
   had bought it and worked on its restoration. The only item that was salvaged was a coupling link.

March 19, 1911 (Sunday)

• International Women's Day
  International Women's Day
  International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...
  
   was celebrated for the first time, with rallies and observances in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Since 1913, the day has been observed annually on March 8.

March 20, 1911 (Monday)

• Pyotr Stolypin
  Pyotr Stolypin
  Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin served as the leader of the 3rd DUMA—from 1906 to 1911. His tenure was marked by efforts to repress revolutionary groups, as well as for the institution of noteworthy agrarian reforms. Stolypin hoped, through his reforms, to stem peasant unrest by creating a class of...
  
   resigned as Prime Minister of Russia
  Prime Minister of Russia
  The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation The use of the term "Prime Minister" is strictly informal and is not allowed for by the Russian Constitution and other laws....
  
  . At the end of the week, he was persuaded by Tsar Nicholas II to return in view of deteriorating relations with China, and problems with his proposed successor, Vladimir Kokovtsov
  Vladimir Kokovtsov
  Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov was a Russian prime minister during the reign of Nicholas II of Russia.- Biography :...
  
  .
• The Winter Garden Theatre
  Winter Garden Theatre
  The Winter Garden Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 1634 Broadway in midtown Manhattan.-History:The structure was built by William Kissam Vanderbilt in 1896 to be the American Horse Exchange....
  
   opened on Broadway in New York. Its first production was a double bill, Bow Sing followed by La Belle Paree, which was also Al Jolson
  Al Jolson
  Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer"....
  
  's Broadway debut
• Born: Alfonso García Robles
  Alfonso García Robles
  Alfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
  
  , Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  Nobel Peace Prize
  The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
  
  , 1982; in Zamora
  Zamora, Michoacán
  Zamora de Hidalgo, is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The 2010 census population was 141,627. making it the third largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality, which has an area of 330.97 km² and includes many other smaller communities, the largest of...
  
   (d. 1991)

March 21, 1911 (Tuesday)

• The tercentary (300th anniversary) of the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible
  King James Version of the Bible
  The Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version, King James Bible or KJV, is an English translation of the Christian Bible by the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611...
  
   was observed. After being presented with a specially bound copy by the Reverend Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
  Archbishop of Canterbury
  The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
  
  , King George V
  George V of the United Kingdom
  George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
  
   remarked, " "During 300 years, multiplying millions of English-speaking races, spreading ever more widely over the surface of the globe, have turned in their need to the grand simplicity of the authorized version, and drawn upon its inexhaustible springs of wisdom for their courage and joys."
• Canada's Department of Immigration turned away 165 African-Americans who were attempting to move there from Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
  Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
  
  .
• Born: W. Lincoln Hawkins, African-American inventor, including antioxidant that made inespensive telephone wire insulation possible, in Washington, DC (d. 1992)

March 22, 1911 (Wednesday)

• The University of Porto
  University of Porto
  The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...
  
   was founded in the Portuguese city of the same name.
• The SMS Kaiser
  SMS Kaiser (1911)
  SMS Kaiser "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the lead ship of the of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Kaiser was built by the Imperial Dockyard at Kiel, launched on 22 March 1911 and commissioned on 1 August 1912. The ship was equipped with ten guns in five twin turrets, and...
  
  , Germany's first turbine powered battleship, was launched from the shipyard in Kiel
  Kiel
  Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
  
  , on the birthday of the late Kaiser Wilhelm I (1797–1888).
• Born: Bienvenido Santos
  Bienvenido Santos
  Bienvenido N. Santos was a Filipino-American fictionist, poet and nonfiction writer. He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila. His family roots are originally from Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines...
  
  , Philippine poet, in Manila (d. 1996)

March 23, 1911 (Thursday)

• The Australian ship SS Yongala
  SS Yongala
  The passenger ship SS Yongala sank off Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia on 23 March 1911. En route from Melbourne to Cairns she steamed into a cyclone and sank south of Townsville...
  
   sank in a cyclone, with 122 persons on board. After leaving the Queensland port of Mackay
  Mackay, Queensland
  Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
  
   at 1:30 pm en route to Townsville
  Townsville, Queensland
  Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...
  
  , the ship never arrived. The undersea wreckage was rediscovered in 1958, and is now a popular attraction for scuba divers.

March 24, 1911 (Friday)

• For the first time in history, more than 10 people flew in an airplane at the same time. Roger Sommer and 13 passengers went aloft from Mouzon, France and then landed there again.
• The New York's highest court unanimously ruled that the state workers' compensation law, one of the first in the nation, was an unconstitutional deprivation of property (the right for an employee to sue an employer in tort) without due process. The objection was fixed by a new law giving workers' the option to reject the act.
• Born: Joseph Barbera
  Joseph Barbera
  Joseph Roland Barbera was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
  
  , American cartoonist and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
  Hanna-Barbera
  Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
  
  , in Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
  Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
  
   (d. 2006)
• Died: Stanley Robison
  Stanley Robison
  Martin Stanford "Stanley" Robison was an American owner and manager in Major League Baseball. Robison was the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1899 to 1911, along with his brother Frank. He was also part-owner of the Cleveland Spiders for most of their existence, from 1887 to 1899...
  
  , 54, owner of baseball's St. Louis Browns, died two weeks before the start of the season. His sudden death paved the way for his niece, Helene Britton, to become the first woman to own a major league sports team.

March 25, 1911 (Saturday)

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
  Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
  The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history...
  
  : Five minutes before the work week was scheduled to end, a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the Asch Building at 23 Washington Place in New York City
  New York City
  New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
  
  . The 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the building housed a company that made women's blouses, at that time referred to as shirtwaists
  Waist (clothing)
  Waist is a common term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt from the early 19th century through the Edwardian period.A shirtwaist was originally a separate blouse constructed like a shirt....
  
  . Although the building was fireproof (and still stands), the cotton material used in the factory was flammable, and investigations concluded that the fire started when a cigarette ignited a rag bin. Around 500 employees, mostly women and girls, worked at the factory, and many escaped through a rear exit. Another exit was locked from the outside, and those persons who were trapped were trampled, burned, or jumped to their deaths over the next thirty minutes. A total of 143 female employees died, along with 3 men. The tragedy horrified the nation, and led to fire code and labor law reforms.
• Jim Wells County, Texas
  Jim Wells County, Texas
  At the 2000 census, there were 39,326 people, 12,961 households and 10,096 families residing in the county. The population density was 46 per square mile . There were 14,819 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
  
  , was established.
• Born: Jack Ruby
  Jack Ruby
  Jacob Leon Rubenstein , who legally changed his name to Jack Leon Ruby in 1947, was convicted of the November 24, 1963 murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Ruby, who was originally from Chicago, Illinois, was then a nightclub operator in Dallas, Texas...
  
  , American nightclub owner, and killer of Lee Harvey Oswald; as Jack Rubenstein in Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
   (d. 1967)

March 26, 1911 (Sunday)

• The first 19 postal savings system
  Postal savings system
  Many nations' post offices operated or continue to operate postal savings systems to provide depositors who do not have access to banks a safe, convenient method to save money and to promote saving among the poor.-Great Britain:...
  
   banks were established, and 25 more the following day, with the intent of opening one in each of the 46 states in the United States. Locations were determined, not by geography, but by merit to the most efficient post office of each state. Thus, the central depository for the state of New York was in Cohoes
  Cohoes, New York
  Cohoes is an incorporated city located at the northeast corner of Albany County in the US state of New York. It is called the "Spindle City" because of the importance of textile production to its growth. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 16,168...
  
  , while the post offices in Pekin, Illinois
  Pekin, Illinois
  Pekin is a the county seat of Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located on the Illinois River, Pekin is also the largest city of Tazewell County, and a key part of the Peoria metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, its population is 34,094. A small portion of the city limits extends...
  
   and Oroville, California
  Oroville, California
  Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 at the 2000 census...
  
   received deposits in those states.
• Born: Tennessee Williams
  Tennessee Williams
  Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
  
  , American playwright (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, etc.) as Thomas Lanier Williams, in Columbus, MS (d. 1983); J.L. Austin, British author and philosopher, in Lancaster (d. 1960); and Bernard Katz
  Bernard Katz
  Sir Bernard Katz, FRS was a German-born biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve biochemistry. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler...
  
  , German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
  
  , in Leipzig
  Leipzig
  Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
  
   (d. 2003)
• Died: Henry Sylvester-Williams, 42, founder of the African Association and Pan-Africanism
  Pan-Africanism
  Pan-Africanism is a movement that seeks to unify African people or people living in Africa, into a "one African community". Differing types of Pan-Africanism seek different levels of economic, racial, social, or political unity...
  
   activist.

March 27, 1911 (Monday)

• The City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
  
  , was founded when voters in the small village of 143 inhabitants voted to incorporate. The state legislature approved the town charter on June 2. The city, which in 2011 had nearly 180,000 residents, observed March 27, 2011 as its centennial date.
• William Henry Lewis was sworn in as United States Assistant Attorney General
  United States Assistant Attorney General
  Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General.The President of the United States appoints individuals to the position of Assistant Attorney General with the advice and consent of the Senate...
  
  , making him the highest ranking African-American federal official. Lewis had been appointed by President Taft in October, but the U.S. Senate had adjourned before voting on whether to confirm him, allowing Lewis to assume the post pending confirmation.

March 28, 1911 (Tuesday)

• The four men of the "Lost Patrol" were laid to rest by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (forerunner of the R.C.M.P.) at Fort McPherson
  Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
  Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway....
  
   in the Canada
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  Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
  
  's Northwest Territories
  Northwest Territories
  The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
  
  . The four—Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald, Constables Richard O. Taylor and George F. Kinney, and their guide, Special Constable Sam Carter had departed on the Police's traditional mid-winter 620 mile endurance trip from Fort McPherson to Dawson City. The group lost its way and ran out of its 30 day rations in January, and died while trying to get back to the Fort. The annual patrol was discontinued after 1921.

March 29, 1911 (Wednesday)

• The United States Army formally adopted the .45 caliber M1911 pistol as its standard sidearm. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines followed suit in 1913. Originally manufactured by Colt, the gun was used by generations of soldiers worldwide, retaining the M1911 name from the year of its first widespread use.
• A fire broke out at the library of the New York State Capitol
  New York State Capitol
  The New York State Capitol is the capitol building of the U.S. state of New York. Housing the New York State Legislature, it is located in the state capital city Albany, on State Street in Capitol Park. The building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million , was the most expensive government...
  
   in Albany at 2:00 am, hours after legislators had adjourned for the night. The blaze destroyed more than 600,000 books, and manuscripts, many of them irreplaceable.

March 30, 1911 (Thursday)

• The University of Hong Kong was incorporated.
• Died: Ellen Swallow Richards
  Ellen Swallow Richards
  Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was the foremost female industrial and environmental chemist in the United States in the 19th century, pioneering the field of home economics. Richards graduated from Westford Academy...
  
  , 68, American chemist and environmental engineer. She was the first female student at MIT and its first woman instructor.

March 31, 1911 (Friday)

• Jerusalem's Mayor, Raghib al-Nashashibi
  Raghib al-Nashashibi
  Raghib al-Nashashibi was a wealthy landowner and public figure during the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration. He was mayor of Jerusalem in 1920–1934.-Background:...
  
   and 150 prominent Arabs in Palestine sent a cable to the Turkish parliament, urging the Ottoman nation to stop further sales of land of land in Palestine
  Palestine
  Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
  
   to Jewish immigrants.
• Born: Elisabeth Grümmer
  Elisabeth Grümmer
  Elisabeth Schilz Grümmer was a German operatic lyric soprano.She was born at Niederjeutz, near Diedenhofen, Alsace-Lorraine to German parents...
  
  , Alsatian soprano, in Diedenhofen, Elsass-Lothringen, Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   (d. 1986); Dong Kingman
  Dong Kingman
  Dong Kingman was a Chinese American artist and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry...
  
  , American artist, in Oakland (d. 2000); and Freddie Green
  Freddie Green
  Frederick William "Freddie" Green was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his sophisticated rhythm guitar in big band settings, particularly for the Count Basie orchestra, where he was part of the "All-American Rhythm Section" with Basie on piano, Jo Jones on drums, and...
  
  , jazz guitarist
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  Jazz guitarists are guitar players who play jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied...
  
  , in Charleston, South Carolina
  Charleston, South Carolina
  Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
  
  (d. 1987)