Historical Events In 1912

Feb 26 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)

Feb 14 Arizona is admitted to the Union, becoming the 48th state.

Feb 12 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates

Feb 08 First eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville FL

Feb 28 First ever parachute jump from an airplane

Feb 22 J Vedrines makes first airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph

Feb 15 Fram reaches latitude 78º 41' S, farthest south ever by ship

Feb 27 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway

Feb 28 Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50

Feb 13 England regains cricket's Ashes

Apr 20 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens

Apr 04 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet

Apr 29 108ø F (42ø C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record)

Apr 15 Titanic sinks... A slew of bad movies follow

Apr 15 Titanic sinks at 2 27 AM in North Atlantic as the band plays on

Apr 16 Harriet Quimby becomes first woman pilot to cross the English Channel

Apr 15 USS Chester and USS Salem sailed from MA to assist RMS Titanic survivors

Apr 10 J Palisa discovers asteroid #730 Athanasia

Apr 13 The British Royal Flying Corps (RAF) was created by Royal Charter

Apr 15 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM in North Atlantic as the band plays on

Apr 14 The liner 'Titanic' strikes an ice berg at 11.40pm, and begins to sink

Apr 10 RMS Titanic sets sail for its first &last voyage

Apr 14 The Titanic,launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes Iceburg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and sinks. (1500+ death toll)

Apr 26 The first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)

Apr 09 Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200

Apr 02 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power

Apr 04 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia

Apr 10 The liner 'Titanic' leaves Southampton on its first (and only) voyage

Apr 10 Southampton England White Star liner Titanic leaves Southamption at noon for Cherbourg France

Apr 15 A Massinger discovers asteroids #731 Sorga & #732 Tjilaki

Nov 18 Albania declares independence from Turkey

Nov 25 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springfield, IL

Nov 13 The birth of Eugene Ionesco, Romanian born French Playwright

Nov 05 Woodrow Wilson is elected U.S. President, beating challenger Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent William Howard Taft.

Nov 05 Woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R)

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