at Cherbourg, France. June 15 – RMS Olympic arrives in Queenstown, Ireland, to discharge and take up passengers. June 21 – arrives in New York at the end of her maiden voyage. She proceeds to her quarantine station off Staten Island, which she leaves at 7:45 a.m., and is saluted on her way up New York Harbor by all kinds of craft as she steams to Pier 59 in the North River. With the assistance of twelve tugs, Olympic is safely moored at 10 a.m. June 22 – George V and Mary are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, at Westminster Abbey in London. Moored at Pier 59 of New York Harbor, is decorated for the occasion. June 23 – Frank C. Mars starts the Mars Candy Factory in Tacoma, Washington, origin of Mars, Incorporated, the global confectionery and pet food brand. June 28 departs New York for her maiden eastbound voyage home to Southampton, England. The Nakhla meteorite falls in the Abu Hummus region of Egypt, providing evidence of water on Mars. June – The Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance is held in Stockholm, Sweden. July July 1 – The presence of the German warship Panther in the Moroccan port of Agadir triggers the Agadir Crisis. July 4 – , having crossed the Atlantic, discharges passengers and mails off Plymouth, England. July 5 – arrives in Southampton, England, ending her maiden eastbound voyage from New York. July 24 – Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu in Peru. July 28 – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London. August August 17–20 – Britain's National Railway strike of 1911, its first national strike of railway workers; on August 19 it leads to the Llanelli riots in Wales which result in 6 deaths. August 21 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia; the painting is returned in 1913. August 27 – CSKA Moscow, a professional multi-sports club in Russia, is officially founded. September September 20 – collides with HMS Hawke in The Solent, causing considerable damage to both ships. September 25 – French battleship Liberté explodes at anchor in Toulon, France, killing around 300 onboard and in the surrounding area. September 29 – Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. October October 4 – China adopts "Cup of Solid Gold"