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August 1, 1911
On August 1, 1911, harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
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Featured · August 1, 1911
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. Although Quimby only flew for one year, and died at the age of 37 in a flying accident, she strongly influenced the role of women in aviation.
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The year in brief
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1911th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 911th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 20th…
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On August 1, 1911
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1911 Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. American aviation pioneer (1875–1912)
Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. Although Quimby only flew for one year, and died at the age of 37 in a flying accident, she strongly influenced the role of women in aviation.
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Other moments from 1911
- April 2 The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
- April 27 The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed.
- April 29 Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
- April 6 During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
- August 21 The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
- August 24 Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn in as the first President of Portugal.
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