la Croisette in Cannes, France. Born: Roy Eldridge, American jazz musician, in Pittsburgh (d. 1989) January 31, 1911 (Tuesday) By a vote of 188 to 159 in the U.S. House of Representatives, San Francisco was chosen over New Orleans to host the 1915 World's Fair, officially the Panama–Pacific International Exposition References 1911 1911-01 1911-01