Page 17: Historical Events In 1912

Dec 12   Yusef Bedri, educationist.   

Dec 13   Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]   

Dec 14   Canadian Pacific leases Quebec Central Railway Company, Quebec.   

Dec 14   Morey Amsterdam, Chicago Ill, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show).   

Dec 16   1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued   

Dec 16   The inaugural US postage stamp picturing an airplane, $0.20 parcel post, issued.   

Dec 18   he Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly are discovered in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson   

Dec 20   J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC   

Dec 21   Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war   

Dec 23   1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy"   

Dec 24   Irving Fisher patents archiving system with index cards.   

Dec 28   In this year, San Francisco Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St (MUNI)   

Dec 28   National Council of Young Israel convenes   

Dec 29   Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad)   

Dec 30   Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60.   

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Jan 01   Kim philby: British spy/soviet mole   

Jan 01   Victor reuther: Wheeling wv, labor leader   

Jan 01   Boris vladimirovich gnedenko: Russian mathematician    

Jan 02   Andre ameller: Composer   

Jan 02   Anna lee: Ightham england, actress (scruples, lila-general hospital)   

Jan 02   Barbara pentland: Winnipeg canada, composer   

Jan 02   Renato guttuso: Italian painter (flight from etna, crucifixion)   

Jan 03   Robert flemyng: Liverpool eng, actor (windom's way, young winston)   

Jan 03   Felix dahn: Writer,   

Jan 14   Otto liebmann: German philosopher (kant & epigones),    

Jan 16   Georg heym: Writer,   

Jan 28   Gustave de molinari: Belgian economist (b. 1819)   

Jan 29   Hermann bang: Writer,   

Feb 10   Joseph lister: 1st baron lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic),    

Feb 16   Edgar evans: British explorer (antarctica),    

Feb 17   Aloys von aerenthal: Foreign minister (austria-hungary),