The temperature on August 5, 1911 was between 9.9 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
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.
Day of death December 11, 1927
The temperature on December 11, 1927 was between -1.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
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