Events Date 1911 September | History by KabAstro

Fokker Goes for a Spin

Sep 1 Anthony Fokker famously flies his aircraft "Spin" around the tower of the Grote Kerk in Haarlem

Sep 1 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
Sep 2 Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government

US National Men's Championship

Sep 3 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: William Larned wins his 5th consecutive & 7th overall US singles title; beats Maurice McLoughlin 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Sep 4 French aviator Roland Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
Sep 9 1st European post delivered by air (Hendon to Windsor, England)

Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson

Sep 12 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers dual for final time; Boston Rustlers' Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of the Giants; NY wins, 11-2

Sep 14 Russian Prime Minister Peter Stolypin is assassinated in Kiev; his regime had been characterized by harsh measures to control dissidents
Sep 17 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min
Sep 18 Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown

Disraeli

Sep 18 Louis Napoleon Parker's play "Disraeli" premieres in NYC

Sep 19 Red Tuesday; 20,000 Spanish protest for universal rights
Sep 20 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header

Laurier Loses to Borden

Sep 21 Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier loses the election to Robert Borden of the Conservative Party

8th Prime Minister of Canada Robert Borden

Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier

Sep 22 Boston Rustlers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young beats Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0 at Forbes Field for his final career victory, number 511
Sep 23 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
Sep 25 French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
Sep 25 Groundbreaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
Sep 28 NY Highlanders get 13 walk & steal 15 bases (including then record 6 in one inning), beating Browns 18-12; each team committed 6 errors