The temperature on May 16, 1911 was between 6.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
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.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
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.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of death January 3, 1914
The temperature on January 3, 1914 was between 5.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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