The temperature on May 25, 1911 was between 11.3 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
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 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Day of death July 31, 1911
The temperature on July 31, 1911 was between 17.6 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
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 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
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.
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