Historical Events for September 1911
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Events 1 - 20 of 20
1st - M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
2nd - Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government
3rd - 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
4th - Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
9th - 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)
12th - Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0
17th - 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min
17th - 25th US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 61 97)
18th - Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown
18th - Louis Napoleon Parker's "Disraeli," premieres in NYC
19th - Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights
20th - Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
22nd - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
23rd - Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
25th - French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
25th - Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
29th - Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode
29th - Italy declares war on Turkey, starting the Italo-Turkish War
29th - Yanks steal 15 bases & get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning
29th - Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
