Page 4: Historical Events In 1912

Mar 01   Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane.   

Mar 01   Albert Berry makes the inaugural parachute jump from an airplane   

Mar 01   Isabella Goodwin, 1the inaugural US woman detective, appointed, New York NY.   

Mar 02   Arthur Beaumont C Langton, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler of 1930's)   

Mar 03   Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)   

Mar 05   Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die.   

Mar 05   Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die.   

Mar 06   Madge Adam, astronomer.   

Mar 07   Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole   

Mar 09   Alan David Melville, polymath   

Mar 11   1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep   

Mar 11   1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep   

Mar 11   Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar.   

Mar 12   Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane.   

Mar 12   Captain Albert Berry performs inaugural parachute jump from an airplane   

Mar 12   Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low.   

Mar 12   James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh.   

Mar 13   Ernst Hess, composer.   

Mar 13   Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games   

Mar 14   King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt.   

Mar 14   Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader ( and his band of renown)   

Mar 15   Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot   

Mar 15   Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 claims.   

Mar 16   Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC.   

Mar 16   Mrs William Howard Taft plants inaugural cherry tree in Washington DC.   

Mar 16   Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74).   

Mar 17   Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Gulick.   

Mar 19   Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot   

Mar 21   Peter Bull, actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove).   

Mar 22   Henri Rousselot, admiral.   

Mar 23   Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936).   

Mar 23   Dixie Cup invented.   

Mar 27   1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC.   

Mar 27   inaugural Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC.   

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Jan 01   Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Victor Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Andre Ameller, composer was born in the year 1912.   

Jan 02   Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital) was born in the year 1912.   

Jan 02   In the year 1912 birth of barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of renato Guttuso, Italian painter (Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)   

Jan 03   Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston) was born in the year 1912.   

Jan 03   Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77 in the year 1912.   

Jan 14   On this day in history otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant & Epigones), dies at 71   

Jan 16   In the year 1912 georg Heym, writer, dies at 24   

Jan 28   In the year 1912 death of gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)   

Jan 29   On this day in history hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54   

Feb 10   In the year 1912 joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies   

Feb 16   Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 in the year 1912.