The temperature on November 29, 1911 was between 4.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of death January 1, 1912
The temperature on January 1, 1912 was between 5.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
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