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Significant Events and Figures of 1911

This quiz explores significant events and notable figures from the year 1911, testing knowledge of historical milestones and important contributions in various fields.

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1 ________ – Pierre Prier completed the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes

2 ________, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist

3 May 30 – The first ________-mile auto race is run.

4 ________ – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.

5 ________ – Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d.

6 ________ – Sergei Sokolov, Marshal of the Soviet Union

7 ________, a Canadian university-preparatory school, is founded.

8 ________ – Sparks from a burning hayshed ignite the Great Fire of 1911, destroying much of downtown Bangor, Maine.

9 May 18 – ________, Austrian composer (b.

10 ________ – Nikolai Baibakov, Soviet statesman (d.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the single-grain experiment conducted between 1907 and 1911 would lead to the development of modern human nutrition.
  • the body of Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, who led the Russian Buddhists from 1911 until his death in 1927, is said to exhibit no signs of physical decay.
  • the world's first geothermal power station was built in Larderello, Italy in 1911.
  • the British Seafarers' Union was formed in Southampton in England in October 1911.
  • in 1911, Charles Rosher, working for David Horsley's production company, became Hollywood's first full-time cameraman.
  • Isaac Newton Van Nuys of New York founded Van Nuys, California, United States in 1911.
  • James A. Bland (1854-1911) an African American musician and song writer wrote over 700 songs, including "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" in 1878, which was later the official State Song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997.
  • in 1911 baseball player Ed Konetchy and the St. Louis Cardinals were involved in a train wreck that killed 12 and injured 47, and Konetchy and manager Roger Bresnahan led the rescue effort.
  • 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, site of the 1963 church bombing, was designed in 1911 by noted African American architect Wallace Rayfield.
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