Births on June 11

Kiichiro Toyoda

Born on June 11, 1894

Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (d. 1952)

Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田喜一郎 (とよだきいちろう), Toyoda Kiichirō, June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952) was a Japanese businessman and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacture into automobile manufacturing created what would become Toyota Motor Corporation.

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Events on 1894

14 Apr

Kinetoscope
The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
11 May

Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
4 Jul

Sanford B. Dole
The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
25 Aug

Bubonic plague
Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1 Nov

Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

Births on June 11

Kiichiro Toyoda

Born on June 11, 1894

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Events on 1894

Kinetoscope

Pullman Palace Car Company

Sanford B. Dole

Bubonic plague

Annie Oakley