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Other things that happened in 1911:
- February 18 – The first official air mail flight takes place from Allahabad, India to Naini, India, when Henri Pequet carries 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km.
- September 29 – Italy declares war on Ottoman Empire.
- The Wuchang Uprising starts the Xinhai Revolution that leads to the founding of the Republic of China.
- World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
- December – Delhi Durbar held to mark the coronation of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India and the transfer of the capital of the British Raj from Calcutta to Delhi.
- December 14 – Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole.
- New Zealand-born British physicist Ernest Rutherford deduces the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from scattering experiments.
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- February 18 – The first official air mail flight takes place from Allahabad, India to Naini, India, when Henri Pequet carries 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km.
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It's only because they don't give away free bus passes to the elderly in Canada.
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Fauja Singh becomes oldest marathon runner
A 100-year-old Briton has become the world's oldest marathon runner after finishing a race in Canada.
Fauja Singh [100 and a half], from Ilford, east London, ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds.
He also broke 8 world records on Thursday.
BBC News - Fauja Singh becomes oldest marathon runner
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