The temperature on October 6, 1911 was between 3.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
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 August 7, 1912
The temperature on August 7, 1912 was between 9.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
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