The temperature on February 22, 1911 was between 6.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of death August 15, 1911
The temperature on August 15, 1911 was between 14.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
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