1912 34616 225154532 2008-07-12T04:40:19Z 206.75.251.230 /* April */ {{year nav|1912}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1912''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the 13-day-slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 13-day span=Mon-Sun,Tue-Mon,Wed-Tue,Thu-Wed,Fr-Th,Sa-Fr,Sun-Sat --> {{C20YearTOC}} ==Events of 1912== ===January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:AZ-NM1867.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[January 6]]: Statehood for [[New Mexico]].<br>[[February 14]]: Statehood for [[Arizona]].]] * [[January 1]] - Establishment of [[Republic of China]]. * [[January 4]] - [[The Scout Association]] is incorporated throughout the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] by [[Royal Charter]]. * [[January 5]] - [[Prague Party Conference]]. * [[January 6]] - [[New Mexico]] is admitted as the 47th [[U.S. state]]. * [[January 8]] - [[African National Congress]] is founded. * [[January 17]] - British polar explorer [[Robert Falcon Scott]] and a team of four begin the second expedition to reach the [[South Pole]]. * [[January 23]] - The [[International Opium Convention]] is signed at [[The Hague]]. ===February=== * [[February 14]] - [[Arizona]] is admitted as the 48th [[U.S. state]]. ===March=== [[Image:Washmem.jpg|thumb|125px|right| '''[[March 27]]''': [[Sakura|Cherry trees]] for [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]]] * [[March 1]] - [[Albert Berry]] makes the first [[parachute]] jump from a moving [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]]. * [[March 5]] - [[Italy|Italian]] forces are the first to use [[airship]]s for a military purpose by using them for [[reconnaissance]] west of [[Tripoli]] behind [[Turkey|Turkish]] lines. * [[March 7]] **[[Roald Amundsen]] announces his success in reaching the [[South Pole]]. **French aviator [[Henri Seimet]] makes the first non-stop flight from [[Paris]] to [[London]] in three hours. * [[March 12]] - The [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] are founded. * [[March 16]] - [[Lawrence Oates]], dying member of [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott]]'s [[South Pole]] expedition, leaves the tent saying, "I am just going outside and may be some time." * [[March 27]] - Mayor [[Yukio Ozaki]] of [[Tokyo]] gives 3,000 [[Sakura|cherry blossom trees]] to be planted in [[Washington, D.C.]] to symbolize the friendship between the two countries. * [[March 30]] - [[France]] establishes a [[protectorate]] over [[Morocco]]. ===April=== [[Image:Stöwer Titanic.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] sinking on April 15, 1912]] * [[April 10]] - The British [[ocean liner]] ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' leaves ''Southampton, England'' on her first maiden voyage for ''New York City''. * [[April 11]] - The British [[ocean liner]] ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' reaches''Queenstown, Ireland''(also known as Cobh today) by around 6:30 and picks up passengers so it can steam off towards New York City. * [[April 14]] - The British [[ocean liner]] ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' strikes an [[iceberg]] in the Atlantic Ocean at 11:40 pm. * [[April 15]] - By 2:20a.m, the ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' sinks, taking with it 1500 lives. * [[April 16]] - [[Harriet Quimby]] becomes first woman to fly across the [[English Channel]]. * [[April 16]] - The [[Royal Ontario Museum]] is established in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. * [[April 17]] **[[Solar eclipse]] in Europe. * [[April 20]] **[[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]] in [[Detroit]] opens. * [[April 22]] **[[Fenway Park]], home of the [[Boston Red Sox]], opens. ===May=== [[Image:406club.jpg|150px|right|thumb| '''[[April 22]]''': [[Fenway Park]] opens in [[Boston]]]] * [[May 5]] - The [[1912 Summer Olympics]] open in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. * [[May 6]] - Suffrage parade in New York City, * [[May 13]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Royal Flying Corps]] (forerunner of the [[Royal Air Force]]) is established. * [[May 30]] - [[Joe Dawson (racecar driver)|Joe Dawson]] wins the [[1912 Indianapolis 500|second]] [[Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500-Mile Race]] after [[Ralph DePalma]]'s [[Mercedes (car)|Mercedes]] breaks down within sight of the finish. ===June=== * [[June 4]] - Fire in [[Constantinople]] - 1120 buildings destroyed * [[June 5]] - [[U.S. Marines]] land on [[Cuba]] * [[June 6]]-[[June 8]] - Eruption of [[Novarupta]] in [[Alaska]] * [[June 8]] - [[Carl Laemmle]] incorporated [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]]. * [[June 18]] - The [[Republican National Convention]] nominates incumbent President [[William Howard Taft]] in [[Chicago]], defeating a challenge by former President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], whose delegates bolt the convention. *[[June 25]] - The [[Democratic National Convention]] nominates New Jersey Gov. [[Woodrow Wilson|Thomas Woodrow Wilson]] in [[Baltimore]]. ===July=== * [[July 19]] - A [[meteorite]] with an estimated mass of 190 [[kilogram|kg]] exploded over the [[town]] of [[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook]] in [[Navajo County, Arizona]] causing thousands of pieces of debris to rain down on the town. * [[July 30]] - [[Emperor Meiji]] of [[Japan]], dies. He is succeeded by his son Yoshihito who becomes [[Emperor Taishō]]. In [[History of Japan|Japanese History]], the event marks the end of the [[Meiji period|Meiji era]] and the beginning of the [[Taishō period|Taishō era]]. ===August=== * [[August 1]] - Inauguration of the [[Jungfraubahn]] * [[August 5]] - Dissident [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] form the [[Progressive Party 1912 (United States)|Progressive]] or [[Bull Moose]] Party, and nominate former [[President Theodore Roosevelt]] as their presidential candidate. * [[August 11]] - [[Sodomy]] becomes legal in [[France]]. * [[August 12]] - Sultan [[Abd Al-Hafid]] of [[Morocco]] abdicates. * [[August 25]] - [[Kuomintang]], the [[China|Chinese]] [[nationalist]] [[political party|party]] is founded. [[Image:Nlc amundsen.jpg|thumb|150px|right| '''[[March 7]]''': [[Roald Amundsen|Amundsen]] and [[South Pole]]]] * [[August 28]] - [[Rosamond Carr]] is born in [[South Orange, New Jersey]] ===September=== * [[September 25]] - [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] founded in [[New York, New York]]. ===October=== * [[October 8]] - [[Balkan Wars|First Balkan War]] begins: [[Montenegro]] declares war against [[Turkey]]. * [[October 14]] - While campaigning in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], former president [[Theodore Roosevelt]] is shot by saloonkeeper [[John Schrank]]. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech. * [[October 16]] **[[Bulgaria]]n pilots [[Radul Minkov]] and [[Prodan Toprakchiev]] perform the first bombing with an airplane in history at the railway station of Karaagac near [[Edirne]] against [[Turkey]]. **The [[Boston Red Sox]], assisted by a famous [[error (baseball)|error]], defeat the [[New York Giants]] in extra innings to win the [[1912 World Series]], in what is considered one of the greatest games of baseball ever played. ===November=== * [[November 5]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1912]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]ic challenger [[Woodrow Wilson]] wins a landslide victory over [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent [[William Howard Taft]]. Taft's base was undercut by [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]] candidate (and former Republican) [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who finished second, ahead of Taft. * [[November 7]] - The Deute [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[November 28]] - Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire. ===December=== *December - [[Piltdown Man]] presented in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. * [[December 3]] - [[Balkan Wars|First Balkan War]] ends temporarily - [[Bulgaria]], [[Greece]], [[Montenegro]], and [[Serbia]] (the [[Balkan League]]) sign an armistice with [[Turkey]], ending the two-month long war. ===Undated=== * [[Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scouting]] begins under the aegis of the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. * [[Casimir Funk]] identifies [[vitamins]]. * "[[The Memphis Blues]]," is published. * [[Alfred Wegener]] proposes the [[theory]] of [[continental drift]]. * British treasure hunters try to drain [[Lake Guatavita]] to find gold &ndash; they find nothing. ===Ongoing=== *[[Mexican Civil War]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] - [[Kim Philby]], British spy (d. [[1988]]) *[[January 2]] - [[Hans Leussink]], German politician (d. [[2008]]) *[[January 3]] - [[Armand Lohikoski]], Finnish director (d. [[2005]]) *[[January 6]] - [[Jacques Ellul]], French philosopher (d. [[1994]]) *[[January 7]] - [[Charles Addams]], American cartoonist (d. [[1988]]) *[[January 8]] - [[José Ferrer]], Puerto Rican actor (d. [[1992]]) *[[January 19]] - [[Leonid Kantorovich]], Russian economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Konrad Emil Bloch]], German-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2000]]) *[[January 28]] - [[Jackson Pollock]], American painter (d. [[1956]]) *[[January 30]] **[[Werner Hartmann]], German physicist (d. [[1988]]) **[[Barbara Tuchman]], American historian (d. [[1989]]) **[[Francis Schaeffer]], American Evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor (d. [[1984]]) *[[February 2]] - [[Millvina Dean]], youngest survivor of RMS Titanic *[[February 3]] - [[Mary Carlisle]], American actress and singer *[[February 4]] **[[Erich Leinsdorf]], Austrian conductor (d. [[1993]]) **[[Byron Nelson]], American golfer (d. [[2006]]) *[[February 6]] - [[Eva Braun]], [[Adolf Hitler]]'s mistress (d. [[1945]]) *[[February 11]] - [[Roy Fuller]], English poet and novelist (d. [[1991]]) *[[February 20]] - [[Pierre Boulle]], French author (d. [[1994]]) *[[February 25]] - [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]], American actress *[[February 27]] - [[Lawrence Durrell]], British writer (d. [[1990]]) ===March-April=== *[[March 4]] **[[Afro Basaldella]], Italian painter (d. [[1976]]) **[[Judith Furse]], British character actress (d. [[1974]]) **[[Carl Marzani]], American documentarian (d. [[1994]]) *[[March 5]] - [[David Astor]], British newspaper publisher (d. [[2001]]) *[[March 8]] - [[Preston Smith (Texas)|Preston Smith]], Governor of Texas (d. [[2003]]) *[[March 12]] - [[Irving Layton]], Canadian poet (d. [[2006]]) *[[March 14]] **[[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]], American band leader (d. [[2001]]) **[[W. Willard Wirtz]], American administrator *[[March 15]] - [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], American musician (d. [[1982]]) *[[March 16]] - [[Pat Nixon]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1993]]) *[[March 17]] - [[Bayard Rustin]], American civil rights activist (d. [[1987]]) *[[March 18]] **[[Lucien Laurin]], Canadian horse trainer (d. [[2000]]) **[[Art Gilmore]], American radio and television announcer *[[March 22]] - [[Karl Malden]], American actor *[[March 23]] **[[Betty Astell]], British actress (d. [[2005]]) **[[Wernher von Braun]], German-born physicist and engineer (d. [[1977]]) *[[March 24]] - [[Dorothy Height]], American activist *[[March 27]] - [[James Callaghan]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[2005]]) *[[April 2]] - [[Mills Brothers|Herbert Mills]], "Mills Brothers" tenor (d. [[1989]]) *[[April 7]] - [[Jack Lawrence]], American composer *[[April 8]] **[[Alois Brunner]], Nazi war criminal **[[Sonja Henie]], Norwegian figure skater (d. [[1969]]) *[[April 11]] - [[Gusti Wolf]], Austrian actress (d. [[2007]]) *[[April 12]] - [[Walt Gorney]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) *[[April 15]] - [[Kim Il Sung]], [[President of North Korea]] (d. [[1994]]) *[[April 16]] - [[Catherine Scorsese]], Italian-American actress (d. [[1997]]) *[[April 17]] - [[Marta Eggerth]], Hungarian-born actress and singer, naturalized citizen of the United States *[[April 19]] - [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1999]]) *[[April 22]] - [[Kathleen Ferrier]], British contralto (d. [[1953]]) *[[April 26]] - [[A. E. van Vogt]], Canadian-born writer (d. [[2000]]) *[[April 28]] - [[Odette Sansom]], French World War II heroine (d. [[1995]]) ===May-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> *[[May 3]] - [[Virgil Fox]], American organist (d. [[1980]]) *[[May 9]] - [[Pedro Armendáriz]], Mexican actor (d. [[1963]]) *[[May 11]] - [[Foster Brooks]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2001]]) *[[May 12]] - [[Archibald Cox]], American Watergate special prosecutor (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 14]] - [[Ben Hogan]], American golfer (d. [[1997]]) *[[May 16]] - [[Studs Terkel]], American writer and broadcaster *[[May 18]] **[[Perry Como]], American singer (d. [[2001]]) **[[Walter Sisulu]], South African anti-apartheid activist (d. [[2003]]) *[[May 21]] - [[Monty Stratton]], baseball player (d. [[1982]]) *[[May 22]] - [[Herbert C. Brown]], English-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 23]] **[[Jean Françaix]], French composer (d. [[1997]]) **[[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]], American actor (d. [[1989]]) *[[May 25]] - Princess [[Her Imperial Highness Princess Duk-hye|Dukhye of Korea]] (d. [[1989]]) *[[May 27]] - [[Sam Snead]], American golfer (d. [[2002]]) *[[May 28]] **[[Patrick White]], Australian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1990]]) **[[Herman Johannes]], Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (d. [[1992]]) *[[May 29]] - [[Pamela Hansford Johnson]], English poet, novelist, playwright, literary and social critic (d. [[1981]]) *[[May 30]] - [[Julius Axelrod]], American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 31]] - [[Alfred Deller]], English countertenor (d. [[1979]]) *[[June 4]] - [[Robert Jacobsen]], Danish artist (d. [[1993]]) *[[June 5]] - [[Dean Amadon]], American ornithologist (d. [[2003]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Maria Montez]], Dominican actress (d. [[1951]]) *[[June 8]] ** [[Harry Holtzman]], American artist (d. [[1987]]) ** [[J. Walter Kennedy]], former NBA commissioner (d. [[1977]]) *[[June 21]] - [[Kazimierz Leski]], Polish engineer, fighter pilot, and intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (d. [[2000]]) *[[June 23]] - [[Alan Turing]], British mathematician (d. [[1954]]) *[[June 24]] - [[Brian Johnston]], British cricket commentator (d [[1994]]) *[[June 25]] - [[William T. Cahill]], American politician (d. [[1996]]) *[[June 26]] - [[Jay Silverheels]], American actor (d. [[1980]]) *[[June 27]] - [[Chen Kenmin]], Japanese chef (d. [[1990]]) *[[June 30]] - [[Ludwig Bölkow]], German aeronautical engineer (d. [[2003]]) ===July-August=== *[[July 1]] **[[David R. Brower]], American environmentalist (d. [[2000]]) **[[Sally Kirkland (editor)|Sally Kirkland]], American fashion editor (d. [[1989]]) *[[July 6]] - [[Heinrich Harrer]], Austrian mountaineer and explorer (d. [[2006]]) *[[July 14]] - [[Woody Guthrie]], American folk musician (d. [[1969]]) *[[July 17]] - [[Art Linkletter]], American television host *[[July 31]] **[[Milton Friedman]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2006]]) **[[Irv Kupcinet]], American newspaper columnist (d. [[2003]]) *[[August 1]] - [[Frank K. Edmondson]], American astronomer *[[August 3]] - [[Fritz Hellwig]], German politician (CDU) and former [[European Commissioner for Science & Research]] *[[August 9]] - [[Anne Brown]], American soprano *[[August 10]] - [[Jorge Amado|Jorge Amado de Faria]], Brazilian author (d. [[2001]]) *[[August 11]] - [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[August 11]] - [[Norman Levinson]], American mathematician (d. [[1975]]) *[[August 13]] - [[Salvador Luria]], Italian-born biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1991]]) *[[August 15]] - [[Julia Child]], American chef (d. [[2004]]) *[[August 16]] **[[Ted Drake]], English footballer (d. [[1995]]) **[[Wendy Hiller]], English actress (d. [[2003]]) *[[August 23]] - [[Gene Kelly]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) *[[August 25]] - [[Erich Honecker]], East German leader (d. [[1994]]) *[[August 27]] - [[Gloria Guinness]], Fashionicon (d. [[1980]]) *[[August 30]] **[[Edward Mills Purcell]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1997]]) **[[Nancy Wake]], New Zealand World War II heroine ===September-October=== *[[September 5]] **[[John Cage]], American composer (d. [[1992]]) **[[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], American animator (d. [[2004]]) *[[September 10]] - [[Mary Walter]], Filipino actress (d. [[1993]]) *[[September 11]] - [[David Packard]], American electrical engineer (d. [[1996]]) *[[September 19]] - [[Kurt Sanderling]], German conductor *[[September 21]] **[[Chuck Jones]], American animator (d. [[2002]]) **[[György Sándor]], Hungarian pianist (d. [[2005]]) *[[September 22]] ** [[Herbert Mataré]], German physicist and European co-inventor of the [[transistor]] ** [[Martha Scott]], American actress (d. [[2003]]) *[[September 24]] - [[Don Porter]], American actor (d. [[1997]]) *[[September 27]] - [[Tauno Marttinen]], Finnish composer *[[September 29]] - [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], Italian film director (d. [[2007]]) *[[October 5]] **[[Karl Hass]], Nazi war criminal (d. [[2004]]) **[[Kristina Söderbaum]], German actress (d. [[2001]]) *[[October 17]] - [[Pope John Paul I]] (d. [[1978]]) *[[October 21]] - [[Georg Solti]], Hungarian conductor (d. [[1997]]) *[[October 22]] - [[Johan Hendrik Weidner]], Belgian World War II resistance fighter (d. [[1994]]) *[[October 25]] - [[Minnie Pearl]], American humorist (d. [[1996]]) *[[October 27]] - [[Conlon Nancarrow]], American composer (d. [[1997]]) *[[October 31]] - [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (d. [[2008]]) ===November-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> *[[November 3]] - [[Alfredo Stroessner]], [[President of Paraguay]] (d. [[2006]]) *[[November 4]] - [[Vadim Salmanov]], Russian composer (d. [[1978]]) *[[November 10]] - [[Birdie Tebbetts]], baseball player and manager (d. [[1999]]) *[[November 11]] - [[Larry LaPrise]], American songwriter (d. [[1996]]) *[[November 13]] - [[Claude Pompidou]], wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (d. [[2007]]) *[[November 14]] **[[Barbara Hutton]], American socialite (d. [[1979]]) **[[T. Y. Lin]], Chinese-born civil engineer (d. [[2003]]) *[[November 19]] - [[George Emil Palade]], Romanian microbiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[November 20]] - [[Otto von Habsburg]], Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary *[[November 21]] **[[Eleanor Powell]], American actress and dancer (d. [[1982]]) **[[Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz]],the [[Grand Mufti]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] from [[1993]] until [[1999]] (d. [[1999]]) *[[November 24]] - [[Bernard Delfgaauw]], Dutch philosopher (d. [[1993]]) *[[November 30]] - [[Gordon Parks]], American photographer and artist (d. [[2006]]) *[[December 10]] - [[Philip Hart]], a Democratic [[United States Senator]] from [[Michigan]] from [[1959]] until [[1976]] (d.[[1976]]) *[[December 11]] - [[Carlo Ponti]], Italian film producer (d. [[2007]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Henry Armstrong]], American boxer (d. [[1988]]) *[[December 22]] - [[Lady Bird Johnson]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[2007]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Natalino Otto]], Italian singer (d. [[1969]]) *[[December 27]] - [[Conroy Maddox]], British painter (d. [[2005]]) ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> *[[January 28]] - [[Gustave de Molinari]], Belgian economist (b. [[1819]]) *[[February 10]] - [[Joseph Lister]], English surgeon (b. [[1827]]) *[[February 16]] - [[Nikolai of Japan]], Eastern Orthodox monk and saint (b. [[1836]]) *[[February 21]] - [[Osborne Reynolds]], Irish physicist (b. [[1842]]) *[[February 25]] - [[Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] (b. [[1852]]) *[[March 1]] - [[George Grossmith]], English actor and comic writer (b. [[1847]]) *[[March 29]] - Members of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole: **[[Henry Robertson Bowers]] (b. [[1883]]) **[[Edgar Evans]], Welsh naval officer (b. [[1876]]) **[[Lawrence Oates]], English army officer (b. [[1880]]) **[[Robert Falcon Scott]], English explorer (b. [[1868]]) **[[Edward Adrian Wilson]], English physician and naturalist (b. [[1872]]) *[[March 30]] - [[Karl May]], German author (b. [[1842]]) *[[April 12]] - [[Clara Barton]], American nurse (b. [[1821]]) *[[April 15]] - 11 out of 1500 victims of the [[RMS Titanic]] sinking: ** [[Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder)|Thomas Andrews, Jr.]], Irish shipbuilder (b. [[1873]]) ** [[John Jacob Astor IV]], American businessman (b. [[1864]]) ** [[Archibald Butt]], American presidential aide (b. [[1865]]) ** [[Thomas Byles|Thomas R.D. Byles]], English-born Catholic priest (b. [[1870]]) ** [[Benjamin Guggenheim]], American businessman (b. [[1865]]) ** [[Edward J. Smith]], English ship's captain (b. [[1850]]) ** [[William Thomas Stead]], English journalist (b. [[1849]]) ** [[Isidor Straus]], German-born owner of Macy's (b. [[1845]]) ** [[Ida Straus]], Wife of Isidor Straus (1 of only 4 Titanic First-class female fatalities) (b. [[1849]]) ** [[Jack Phillips]], Senior wireless officer of Titanic (b. [[1887]]) ** [[Wallace Hartley]], violinist and band leader of Titanic (b. [[1878]]) *[[April 20]] - [[Bram Stoker]], English writer (b. [[1847]]) *[[May 14]] **[[August Strindberg]], Swedish playwright and painter (b. [[1849]]) **[[Frederick VIII of Denmark|Frederick VIII]], King of Denmark (b. [[1843]]) *[[May 25]] - [[Austin Lane Crothers]], American politician (b. [[1860]]) *[[May 30]] - [[Wilbur Wright]], American aviation pioneer (b. [[1867]]) *[[June 12]] **[[Anton Aškerc]], Slovene poet (b. [[1856]]) **[[Frédéric Passy]], French economist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1822]]) ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> *[[July 1]] - [[Harriet Quimby]], American pilot (b. [[1875]]) *[[July 2]] - [[Tom Richardson]], English cricketer (b. [[1870]]) *[[July 17]] - [[Henri Poincaré]], French mathematician (b. [[1854]]) *[[July 30]] - [[Meiji Emperor]] of Japan (b. [[1852]]) *[[August 7]] - [[François-Alphonse Forel]], Swiss hydrologist (b. [[1841]]) *[[August 8]] - [[Ross Winn]], American anarchist writer and publisher (b. [[1871]]) *[[August 20]] **[[Walter Goodman]], British painter, illustrator and author (b. [[1838]]) **[[William Booth]], English founder of the Salvation Army (b. [[1829]]) *[[October 6]] - [[Auguste Marie François Beernaert]], Belgian statesman, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1829]]) *[[October 24]] - [[Mykola Lysenko]], Ukrainian composer (b. [[1842]]) *[[October 30]] - [[James S. Sherman]], 27th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1855]]) *[[November 10]] - [[Louis Cyr]], Canadian strongman (b. [[1863]]) *[[November 28]] - [[Walter Benona Sharp]], American oil pioneer (b. [[1870]]) *[[December 23]] - [[Otto Schoetensack]], German anthropologist (b. [[1850]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Gustaf Dalén|Nils Gustaf Dalén]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Victor Grignard]], [[Paul Sabatier]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Alexis Carrel]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Gerhart Hauptmann|Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Elihu Root]] ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== {{commonscat|1912}} *[http://www.coinpage.com/1912-pictures.html 1912 Coin Pictures] ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1912| ]] [[af:1912]] [[am:1912 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1912]] [[an:1912]] [[frp:1912]] [[ast:1912]] [[av:1912]] [[az:1912]] [[bn:১৯১২]] [[map-bms:1912]] [[be:1912]] [[be-x-old:1912]] [[bh:१९१२]] [[bs:1912]] [[br:1912]] [[bg:1912]] [[ca:1912]] [[cv:1912]] [[cs:1912]] [[co:1912]] [[cy:1912]] [[da:1912]] [[de:1912]] [[et:1912]] [[el:1912]] [[es:1912]] [[eo:1912]] [[eu:1912]] [[fa:۱۹۱۲ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1912]] [[hif:1912]] [[fr:1912]] [[fy:1912]] [[ga:1912]] [[gan:1912年]] [[gv:1912]] [[gd:1912]] [[gl:1912]] [[ko:1912년]] [[hy:1912]] [[hi:1912]] [[hr:1912.]] [[io:1912]] [[ilo:1912]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯১২]] [[id:1912]] [[ia:1912]] [[os:1912]] [[is:1912]] [[it:1912]] [[he:1912]] [[jv:1912]] [[pam:1912]] [[kn:೧೯೧೨]] [[ka:1912]] [[csb:1912]] [[kk:1912]] [[kw:1912]] [[sw:1912]] [[ht:1912 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1912]] [[la:1912]] [[lb:1912]] [[lt:1912 m.]] [[lij:1912]] [[li:1912]] [[lmo:1912]] [[hu:1912]] [[mk:1912]] [[mi:1912]] [[mr:इ.स. १९१२]] [[ms:1912]] [[nah:1912]] [[nl:1912]] [[new:ई सं १९१२]] [[ja:1912年]] [[nap:1912]] [[no:1912]] [[nn:1912]] [[nrm:1912]] [[nov:1912]] [[oc:1912]] [[uz:1912]] [[pi:१९१२]] [[nds:1912]] [[pl:1912]] [[pt:1912]] [[ty:1912]] [[ksh:Joohr 1912]] [[ro:1912]] [[ru:1912 год]] [[se:1912]] [[sq:1912]] [[scn:1912]] [[simple:1912]] [[sk:1912]] [[sl:1912]] [[sr:1912]] [[sh:1912]] [[su:1912]] [[fi:1912]] [[sv:1912]] [[tl:1912]] [[ta:1912]] [[tt:1912]] [[te:1912]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2455]] [[vi:1912]] [[tr:1912]] [[uk:1912]] [[vec:1912]] [[vo:1912]] [[wa:1912]] [[vls:1912]] [[yo:1912]] [[zh-yue:1912年]] [[cbk-zam:1912]] [[bat-smg:1912]] [[zh:1912年]]