Page 6: Historical Events In March - 07
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1906 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor. 

1906 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer. 

1907 In this year, Charles Collier claims inaugural Isle of Man TT Race (38.22 mph) 

1907 Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer. 

1907 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64 

1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 

1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 

1908 Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle). 

1909 Construction begins on inaugural 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv). 

1909 Greta Schoon, writer 

1911 US sent 20000 troops to Mexican border 

1911 Willis Farnworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker 

1911 Stefan Kisielewski, composer. 

1911 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68. 

1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 

1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote 

1913 Emily Pauline Johnson, Native Canadian poet 

1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied is recorded as becoming King of Albania 

1914 US Congress establishes mother's day 

1914 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in the White House 

1914 Morton DaCosta, Phila, director (Island of Love, Music Man) 

1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost 

1915 Nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo. 

1915 The Cunard Line's passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915. 

1915 Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician 

1917 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ 

1917 Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone) 

1918 President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal. 

1918 H Carroll and J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in NYC 

1918 June Wayne, artist/lithographer/teacher. 

1919 The Minister of Railways is appointed as receiver for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 

1919 Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier. 

1920 USSR recognizes independence of Georgia 

1920 Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman and soccer international). 

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