November 11

Events

 * 1925 - Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
 * 1928 - KXO-AM in El Centro California begins radio transmissions
 * 1928 - WGL-AM in Ft. Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
 * 1928 - WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
 * 1928 - WOL-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions

Births

 * 1883 –, Swiss conductor (d. 1969)
 * 1927 –, American jazz pianist and singer
 * 1930 –, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004)
 * 1930 –, English conductor (d. 2008)
 * 1941 –, American singer and songwriter (The Youngbloods)
 * 1945 –, American guitarist (Vanilla Fudge)
 * 1946 –, British musician (The Yardbirds)
 * 1950 –, American musician and songwriter (Survivor)
 * 1953 –, English musician (XTC)
 * 1955 –, American songwriter and guitarist
 * 1958 –, Spanish singer
 * 1961 –, American guitarist
 * 1962 –, Australian musician
 * 1973 –, American musician (Green Day), Tian Shi, Chinese architect
 * 1974 –, American singer (d. 2008)
 * 1985 –, American singer
 * 1987 –, Japanese singer (NEWS, Tegomass)
 * 1989 –, Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume); Katie Erickson, born at 11:11

Deaths

 * 1945 –, American composer (b. 1885)
 * 1974 –, Chilean composer (b. 1894)
 * 1977 –, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903)
 * 1979 –, Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894)
 * 1988 –, Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900)
 * 1993 –, American trumpet player and big band leader (b. 1914)