The temperature on July 27, 1911 was between 10.8 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death August 4, 1912
The temperature on August 4, 1912 was between 12.6 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
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