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  • England, United Kingdom
    Apr, 1911
    Winston Churchill

    Lloyd George introduced the National Insurance Act 1911

    England, United Kingdom
    Apr, 1911

    In April, Lloyd George introduced the first health and unemployment insurance legislation, the National Insurance Act 1911; Churchill had been instrumental in drafting it.




  • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    Thursday Apr 27, 1911
    Xinhai Revolution

    Second Guangzhou Uprising

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    Thursday Apr 27, 1911

    On 27 April 1911, an uprising occurred in Guangzhou, known as the Second Guangzhou Uprising or Yellow Flower Mound Revolt. It ended in disaster, as 86 bodies were found (only 72 could be identified). The 72 revolutionaries were remembered as martyrs. Revolutionary Lin Juemin was one of the 72. On the eve of battle, he wrote the legendary "A Letter to My Wife", later to be considered as a masterpiece in Chinese literature.




  • Morocco
    Apr, 1911
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill suggested an alliance with France and Russia

    Morocco
    Apr, 1911

    During the Agadir Crisis of April 1911, when there was a threat of war between France and Germany, Churchill suggested an alliance with France and Russia to safeguard the independence of Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands to counter possible German expansionism.




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