Page 6: Historical Events In 1912

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

Apr 14   Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher   

Apr 14   Pan American Union forms.   

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

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 15   A Massinger discovers asteroids #731 Sorga and #732 Tjilaki.   

Apr 15   Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94).   

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

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

Apr 15   Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on.   

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

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

Apr 16   David Langton, Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship).   

Apr 16   Harriet Quimby is recorded as becoming 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel.   

Apr 16   Harriet Quimby is recorded as becoming inaugural woman pilot to cross the English Channel.   

Apr 17   1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")   

Apr 17   Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer.   

Apr 18   John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer.   

Apr 18   The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City   

Apr 19   16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2.   

Apr 19   Glenn T Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951)   

Apr 20   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64.   

Apr 20   David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935).   

Apr 20   Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11   

Apr 20   Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens.   

Apr 21   Feike P Asma, Dutch organist   

Apr 22   Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer   

Apr 24   Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81.   

Apr 25   Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis   

Apr 26   1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)   

Apr 26   A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)   

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

Apr 27   Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux).   

Apr 27   In this year, Relief laws formally adopts in place of those of 1854, in Netherlands   

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Jan 01   In the year 1912 birth of kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of victor Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of andre Ameller, composer   

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   Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (Flight from Etna, Crucifixion) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1912 birth of robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston)   

Jan 03   On this day in history felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77   

Jan 14   Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant & Epigones), dies at 71 in the year 1912.   

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   Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54 in the year 1912.   

Feb 10   Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies in the year 1912.   

Feb 16   Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies in the year 1912.   

Feb 17   On this day in history aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57