Birth of Ronald Reagan
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1911 in United States of America
Explore 15 historical events and records for United States of America in 1911.
Historical records for United States of America in 1911
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February
March
Birth of Jacob Rubenstein
Birth of Jacob Rubenstein
April
Birth of George de Mohrenschildt
Birth of George de Mohrenschildt. Birth of George de Mohrenschildt
June
Light Deflection
Predicts that gravity should bend starlight and proposes a solar-eclipse test.
Other events (month unknown)
Alexanders Ragtime Band
Popular songwriter Irving Berlin completes "Alexanders Ragtime Band," his first hit; culmination of ragtime craze
Elementary Electron Charge
Reports a precise value for the elementary electric charge from oil-drop measurements, strengthening the case for quantized charge.
Ethan Frome
Publication of "Ethan Frome"
First Solvay Conference
Participates in the first Solvay Conference, discussing radiation and quantum theory with leading physicists.
Gravitational Redshift Prediction
Derives the expectation that light climbing through a gravitational field should lose frequency, providing an early relativistic prediction of gravitational redshift.
Peace Negotiations
Secures the ratification of arbitration treaties that he had successfully negotiated with Britain and France and thereafter was known as one of the foremost advocates of world peace and arbitration
Prague Gravitation Research Programme
Uses his Prague professorship to intensify work on a relativistic theory of gravitation, concentrating on how acceleration, clocks and light behave in gravity.
Professor at Prague
Becomes professor of theoretical physics at the German University in Prague.
Secretary of State for War
Appointed Secretary of State for War, 1st term
Solar Eclipse Relativity Test Proposal
Urges astronomers to test gravitational light bending during a total solar eclipse, linking his theoretical calculation directly to a possible astronomical observation.
Solar Light Deflection Prediction
Calculates that the Sun's gravitational field should bend passing starlight, turning the emerging gravitational theory into a prediction accessible to eclipse astronomy.
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