Airplane first used in a war

October 23, 1911: The aeroplane was employed for the first time in actual warfare. Lt. Piazza of the Italian Army made an air reconnaissance from Tripoli. He circled over the desert in a Nieuport monoplane and located the Turkish infantry, entrenched in Zanzur Oasis, between twelve and twenty miles from Tripoli.

Xinhai Revolution

The Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution (Chinese: 辛亥革命; pinyin: Xīnhài Gémìng), also known as the Revolution of 1911 or the Chinese Revolution, began with the Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911 and ended with the abdication of Emperor Puyi on February 12, 1912

ITALY SHELLS ALBANIA TOWN; MANY KILLED; Destroyers Wreck Camps and Barracks at St. Jean de Medua, Near Montenegro.

ROME, Oct. 7. -- A dispatch from Brindisi to the Messagero says that the two Italian destroyers, Artigliere and Fuciliere, stopped an Austrian mail steamer near St. Jean de Medua. Commander Biscaretti went aboard the steamer, his boat carrying a white flag.