The temperature on August 22, 1911 was between 14.6 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
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 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death May 11, 1991
The temperature on May 11, 1991 was between 2.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 9 » Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
June 20 » German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
August 20 » Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
October 17 » 1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who exploded two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
December 1 » Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
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