Historical Events In 1912

Apr 13   Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) on this day in history.  

Apr 13   The British Royal Flying Corps (RAF) was created by Royal Charter on this day in history.  

Apr 14   On this day in history belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher  

Apr 14   Pan American Union forms on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1912.  

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

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   In the year 1912 titanic sinks... A slew of bad movies follow  

Apr 15   In the year 1912 uSS Chester and USS Salem sailed from MA to assist RMS Titanic survivors  

Apr 16   David Langton, Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship) in the year 1912.  

Apr 16   In the year 1912 harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel  

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

Apr 17   In the year 1912 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")  

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

Apr 18   On this day in history john Lapworth Holt, boat Designer  

Apr 18   The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City on this day in history.  

Apr 19   16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2 in the year 1912.  

Apr 19   In the year 1912 glenn T Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951)  

Apr 20   Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Apr 20   David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935) in the year 1912.  

Apr 20   Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11 in the year 1912.  

Apr 20   On this day in history tiger Stadium in Detroit opens  

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

Apr 22   Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer in the year 1912.  

Apr 24   On this day in history justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81  

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

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

Apr 26   In the year 1912 a[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)  

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

Apr 27   On this day in history franz Weyergans, Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux)  

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

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

Jan 01   Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995) was born in the year 1912.  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies  

Feb 17   In the year 1912 aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57