Date: May 15, 1911
A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California. Date: September 3, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1911Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Kills 146…
The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. Date: July 7, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day…
The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Havana, Cuba. Date: January 30, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1911Torreón Massacre…
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. Date: May 19, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1911University of the Philippines…
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. Date: August 1, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1911Harry Atwood Lands at…
President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution. Date: May 21, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on…