then 73, married his secretary Florence Dugdale, 39 years his junior, at St Andrew's, Enfield, England. Born: Larry Adler, American musician, considered the world's most skilled harmonica player, in Baltimore (d. 2001); Bob Lilley, British commando, founding member of the British Special Air Service, in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1981) February 11, 1914 (Wednesday) Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal became Maharaja (Sanskrit for "high king") for the kingdom of Sikkim (now a state in modern India) after his father Thutob Namgyal passed away, but only after he was recognized as the reincarnation of his uncle Maharaja Sidkeong Namgyal by the abbot of Phodong Monastery. The British tanker was launched by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Low Walker in the Low Walker Yard. The ship was operated by Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd. and was sunk barely four months later by a German U-boat one day before Britain officially entered World War I. The Katsuyama Eiheiji Line opened in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, with stations Shin-Fukui, Fukuiguchi, Fujishima, Shimabashi, Ichiarakawa, Kannonmachi, Matsuoka, Shiizakai, Eiheijiguchi, Kōmyōji, Domeki, Sannō, Kobunato, Hossaka, Katsuyama and Mimata opened to serve the line. The first large power plant in the Ottoman Empire – the Silahtarağa Power Station – began generation in Istanbul. The coal-firing generation station remained in operation until 1983, when the plant was shut down. After sitting derelict for 20 years, the site was converted as a campus facility for the Istanbul Bilgi University. The second Sikorsky Ilya Muromets prototype took off for its first demonstration flight and set a load-to-altitude record, lifting 16 passengers aboard to 2,000 metres (6,562 ft). German aviator Bruno Langer attempted to break the flight endurance record Karl Ingold days earlier while flying an LFG Roland Pfeilflieger biplane, but fell 20 minutes short and landed at Kreuz, Germany after 16 continuous hours in the air. World Baseball Tour – Exhibition games between the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox in Italy were cancelled due to heavy rain, allowing members from both teams – with most of them identifying themselves as Catholic – to meet with Pope Pius X. Born: Hans Hermann Junge, German army officer, special aide to Adolf Hitler, in Preetz, Germany (d. 1944, killed in combat in northern France); Luigi Durand de la Penne, Italian naval diver, took part in human torpedo attacks on during World War II, in Genoa, Italy (d. 1992); Josh White, American blues musician, noted promoter of