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What life was like in 1911... what things cost, news of the world and more
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World events• TheUnitedStatesandCanadaan-nouncedthesuccessfulnegotiationoftheirfirstreciprocaltradeagreementJan.26.• MexicanrebelstakeAguaPrietaontheSonora–ArizonaborderonApril13;gov-ernmenttroopstakethetownbackApril17whentherebelleader“Red”Lópezisdrunk.• PanchoVillalaunchesanattackonMay8againstMexicangovernmenttroopsinCiudadJuárezwithoutMadero’spermis-sion;thegovernmenttroopssurrenderonMay10.• GeorgeViscrownedKingoftheUnited
• Income per year ......... $468• Rent .................................. $12• New car ............................. $75• Dozen eggs .................... 23¢• Gallon of milk .................... 9¢• Newspaper ......................... 1¢• First-class stamp ..............2¢• Movie ticket ...................... 5¢
COST OF LIVING
remember when...William Howard Taft27th U.S. PresidentServed March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
‘I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better.’
KingdomonJune22.• LeonardodaVinci’s“MonaLisa”issto-lenAug.21fromtheLouvremuseuminParisbyVincenzoPeruggia;thetheftisdiscoveredthefollowingday.• TheFrenchNavyshipLibertéexplodesatanchorinToulon,FranceonSept.25,killingaround300onbothshipandtheneighbouringarea.• ItalydeclareswaronOttomanEmpireonSept.29.
U.S. News• EugeneB.ElylandsonthedeckoftheUSSPennsylvaniastationedinSanFran-ciscoharborJan.18,markingthefirsttimeanaircraftlandsonaship.• TheMissouriStateCapitolbuildingin
JeffersonCityisentirelydestroyedbyfireafteraboltoflightningstrikesthedomeFeb.5.• TheUnitedStatesArmyadoptsanewservicepistol,theM1911designedbyJohnBrowningonMarch29.ItremainstheUSservicepistolfor74years.• Therecordwassetforthehighestnumberofimmigrants—11,745—beingprocessedinasingledaythroughtheU.S.BureauofImmigrationstationatEllisIs-landonApril17.• TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtdeclaresStandardOiltobean“unrea-sonable”monopolyundertheShermanAntitrustActonMay15andordersthecompanytobedissolved.• TheveryfirstIndianapolis500isheldMay30,wonbyRayHarrounatanaver-agespeedof74.59milesperhour.
BORN THIS YEAR: Ronald Reagan, U.S. president (Feb. 6). Above left: Jean Harlow, actress (March 3); Vincent Price, actor (May 27); Ginger Rogers, actress (July 16);
Lucille Ball, actress (Aug. 6).
Eugene B. Ely makes the first aircraft landing on a ship in San Francisco Harbor.
Technology• Thefirst“quasi-official”airmailflightoccursFeb.17whenFredWisemancarriesthreelettersbetweenPetalumaandSantaRosa,Calif.ThefirstofficialflightwouldtakeplaceFeb.18inIndia.• IBMisincorporatedastheComputingTabulatingRecordingCompanyinNewYorkonJune15.• World’sfirstcombataerialbombingmissiontakesplaceNov.1inLibyaduringtheItalo-TurkishWar.SecondLieutenantGiulioGavottiofItalydropsseveralsmallbombs.• OrvilleWrightremainsintheair9minutesand45secondsinaglideratKillDevilHills,NorthCarolinaonOct.24,settinganewworldrecordthatstandsfor10years.• Chevroletofficiallyenterstheautomo-bilemarketNov.3tocompetewiththeFordModelT.• TheUptonMachineCompany,nowWhirlpoolCorporation,wasfoundedinStJoseph,MIonNov.11.
Movies• “Dante’sInferno”• “Homer’sOdyssey”• “Pinocchio”• “TheNe’er-Do-Well”
James Sherman27th U.S. Vice President
Served March 4, 1909 – Oct. 10, 1912
Cadillac SeatsOldsmobile Aristocrat
Ford Model T Roundabout
• “AnnaKarenina”• “NellGwynne”• “FlamingArrows”• “TheTraitress”• “Hamlet”• “IntheHandsofImpostors”
Music• “SomeofTheseDays,”SophieTucker• “Alexander’sRagtimeBand,”ArthurCol-lins&ByronG.Harlan• “Come,Josephine,inMyFlyingMa-chine,”AdaJones&BillyMurray• “I’mShyMaryEllen,I’mShy,”JackPleasants• “OMeuBoiMorreu,”EduardodasNeves• “TurnYourLightOffMisterMoonMan,”NoraBayes&JackNorworth• “LetMeStay&LiveinDixie-land,”CharlesKing&ElizabethBrice• “PutYourArmsAroundMeHoney,”ArthurCollins&By-ronG.Harlan• “I’mFallinginLovewithSomeone,”JohnMcCor-mack• “DownbytheOldMillStream,”ArthurClough
1911Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500.
