The temperature on March 8, 1911 was between -1.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of death July 17, 1911
The temperature on July 17, 1911 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
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 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
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