The temperature on November 19, 1911 was between 3.2 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
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.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death June 11, 1979
The temperature on June 11, 1979 was between 10.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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