The temperature on August 6, 1911 was between 14.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Day of death October 8, 1912
The temperature on October 8, 1912 was between -1.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
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