The temperature on March 19, 1911 was between 0.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
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.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
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.
Day of death April 26, 1947
The temperature on April 26, 1947 was between 2.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
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