The temperature on November 4, 1911 was between 6.9 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
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 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Christening day November 5, 1911
The temperature on November 5, 1911 was between 8.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
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.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death March 19, 1913
The temperature on March 19, 1913 was between -0.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
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