The temperature on October 15, 1911 was between 8.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
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.
March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
Day of death April 16, 1912
The temperature on April 16, 1912 was between 1.2 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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