Timeline Sunday 5 November 1911

Events on Sunday 5 November 1911 2

• 1911 First Transcontinental Flight Across the United States Cal Rodgers completes a coast-to-coast journey by airplane Aviator Cal Rodgers departed Sheepshead Bay, New York, on 17 September 1911 aiming to win a $50,000 prize for the first transcontinental flight. He landed in Pasadena, California, on 5 November 1911 after numerous crashes and repairs, arriving too late to claim the prize. His flight demonstrated that long-distance air travel across a continent was possible.
• 1911 – 1998 Roy Rogers (1911-1998) Died 6 July 1998, aged 86 Roy Rogers, the American singer and actor known as "King of the Cowboys" for his many Western films and television appearances, died on 6 July 1998. He was one of the most popular Western stars of the mid-20th century.