1912 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1912?
- January 8, 1912 – The African National Congress is founded.
- February 14, 1912 – In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
- February 18, 1912 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
- March 1, 1912 – Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
- March 7, 1912 – Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
- April 22, 1912 – Pravda, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
- May 13, 1912 – The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
- June 4, 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
- June 30, 1912 – The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada’s deadliest tornado event.
- September 4, 1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
- September 25, 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York, New York.
- October 8, 1912 – First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
- October 17, 1912 – Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
- October 18, 1912 – First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration “To the Serbian People”, as Serbia joins the war.
- October 23, 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
- October 24, 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
- November 19, 1912 – First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
- November 27, 1912 – Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- December 3, 1912 – First Balkan War: The Naval Battle of Elli takes place.
- December 18, 1912 – The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is announced by Charles Dawson.
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