Historical Events In 1912

Apr 13   Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) in the year 1912.  

Apr 13   The British Royal Flying Corps (RAF) was created by Royal Charter in the year 1912.  

Apr 14   Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher on this day in history.  

Apr 14   Pan American Union forms in the year 1912.  

Apr 14   The liner 'Titanic' strikes an ice berg at 11.40pm, and begins to sink on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1912.  

Apr 15   A Massinger discovers asteroids #731 Sorga & #732 Tjilaki in the year 1912.  

Apr 15   Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94) on this day in history.  

Apr 15   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 15   In the year 1912 titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on  

Apr 15   On this day in history titanic sinks... A slew of bad movies follow  

Apr 15   On this day in history uSS Chester and USS Salem sailed from MA to assist RMS Titanic survivors  

Apr 16   On this day in history david Langton, Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship)  

Apr 16   Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel in the year 1912.  

Apr 16   In the year 1912 harriet Quimby becomes first woman pilot to cross the English Channel  

Apr 17   1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep") on this day in history.  

Apr 17   In the year 1912 isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer  

Apr 18   John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer in the year 1912.  

Apr 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1912.  

Apr 19   On this day in history glenn T Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951)  

Apr 20   In the year 1912 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64  

Apr 20   David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935) on this day in history.  

Apr 20   Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 on this day in history.  

Apr 20   Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens in the year 1912.  

Apr 21   Feike P Asma, Dutch organist in the year 1912.  

Apr 22   In the year 1912 gavalda Miguel Querol, composer  

Apr 24   Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 in the year 1912.  

Apr 25   Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis on this day in history.  

Apr 26   On this day in history 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)  

Apr 26   On this day in history a[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)  

Apr 26   The first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox) in the year 1912.  

Apr 27   Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux) in the year 1912.  

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Jan 01   Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole was born in the year 1912.  

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   In the year 1912 birth of anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital)  

Jan 02   Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer was born in the year 1912.  

Jan 02   In the year 1912 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   In the year 1912 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   In the year 1912 hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54  

Feb 10   Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1912 edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies  

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