1911
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Events
Dated Events
- Real World: January 26. The first successful seaplane is flown by Glenn Curtiss.
- Real World: March 25. A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kills 145 people; the tragedy exposes bad sweatshop practices, and leads to reform in business and fire safety.
- Real World: May 15. Standard Oil is deemed an unreasonable monopoly by the standards of the Sherman Antitrust Act; the comapny is broken up.
- Real World: June 15. The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (later IBM) is incorporated in New York.
- Real World: June 22. King George V of the U.K. is crowned.
- Real World: September 29. Italy declares war on Turkey.
- Real World: October 10. Wuchang Uprising in China; beginning of the Xinhai Revolution, and beginning of the end for the Qing Dynasty.
- Real World: November 5. Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- Real World: December 29. Sun Yat-Sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China.
Undated Events
- Doctor Who, Doctor Who (Expanded Universe): The Fourth Doctor stops the return of Sutekh, trapping him in a time corridor. The Old Priory is destroyed by fire as a result; the site would later become the UNIT headquarters in England. ("The Pyramids of Mars")
- Real World: Macchu Picchu is discovered by Hiram Bingham.
New Fictional Works
Notable Books
The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker.
Notable Films
Little Nem (cartoon short).
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