The temperature on January 16, 1911 was between -6.0 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
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.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of death January 8, 1912
The temperature on January 8, 1912 was between -1.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
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