Page 7: Historical Events In 1912

Apr 28   Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II)   

Apr 29   108°F (42°C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record).   

Apr 29   Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor   

Apr 30   Eve Arden, Mill Valley Calif, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks)   

Apr 30   FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer, dies at 63   

May 01   Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms   

May 01   Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano   

May 01   Beverly Hills Hotel opens.   

May 01   Canada issues inaugural five-dollar bank note.   

May 02   Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate.   

May 03   In Halifax Nova Scotia, the inaugural Titanic victims are buried in Halifax.   

May 04   Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes   

May 04   Lou Brown, Bkln, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show)   

May 05   5th modern Olympic games opens in Stockholm Sweden   

May 05   5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden.   

May 05   Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], NYC, actress (Barricade, State Fair).   

May 05   Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing.   

May 06   Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth).   

May 07   Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer.   

May 07   Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist.   

May 08   George Woodcock, author   

May 09   Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)   

May 10   Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP   

May 11   Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork and Mindy).   

May 11   In this year, 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth claims in 2:09.4   

May 12   Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet.   

May 13   Helen Craig, San Antonio TX, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night)   

May 13   Royal Flying Corps forms in England   

May 13   Royal Flying Corps is established in England   

May 14   August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63   

May 14   Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator.   

May 15   Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer.   

May 15   In this year, 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway claims in 1:56.6   

May 15   Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended   

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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),