The White Star Line’s RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke. The RMS Olympic, the lead ship of the White Star Line’s celebrated…
Tag: 1911
8 April 1911
Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. Superconductivity is a phenomenon that occurs when certain materials are cooled to extremely low temperatures, usually near absolute…
24 September 1911
His Majesty’s Airship No. 1, Britain’s first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
29 September 1911
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo-Turkish_War’]
23 May 1911
The New York Public Library is opened. The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, commonly known as the Main Branch or the New York Public Library, is…
21 January 1911
The first Monte CarloCar Rally takes place. It was in 1909 that the idea of a car rally first took shape in Monaco. Alexandre Noghès,…
12 December 1911
Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat…