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 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.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
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.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
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 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
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
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.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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