1912 - Wikipedia

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

Years: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 - 1912 - 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917

See also:

Events:

January 1 - Establishment of Republic of China in mainland China.
January 6 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
Alfred Wegener proposes the theory of continental drift
February 12 - China adopts the Gregorian calendar
February 14 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
February 14 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
March 1 - Albert Berry[?] makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
March 5 - Italian forces are the first to use dirigibles for a military purpose by using them for reconnaissance west of Tripoli behind Turkish lines.
March 7 - Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
March 10 - China becomes a republic following the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
March 12 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts) are founded.
March 30 - France establishes a protectorate over Morocco.
April 15 - Sinking of the S.S. Titanic.
May 13 - In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) in established.
May 23 - John Payne[?], actor (+ 1989)
July 30 - In Japanese History, end of the Meiji Era and beginning of the Taisho Era.
August 25 - Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party is founded
November - Woodrow Wilson defeats Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft in the U.S. presidential election
December 14 - Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and a team of four, become the first people to reach the South Pole.
Sea Scouting[?] begins under the aegis of the Boy Scouts of America
Kazimierz Funk identifies vitamins

Art, Culture & Fashion

1912 in film
1912 in literature
1912 in music
- The first blues song, "The Memphis Blues[?]," is published
1912 in sports[?]

Births:

January 7 - Charles Addams, cartoonist
January 8 - Jos� Ferrer, actor (+ 1992)
January 14 - Rudolf Hagelstange[?], German lyricist, narrator and essayist (+ 1984)
January 16 - Franz Tumler[?], Austrian narrator (+ 1998)
January 28 - Jackson Pollock, painter, initiator of Dripping painting[?] (+ 1956)
January 30 - Barbara W. Tuchman, historian (+ 1989)
February 6 - Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's mistress (+ 1945)
February 11 - Roy Fuller[?] English poet/novelist.
February 11 - Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla[?], Czechoslovakian, pianist.
February 18 - Heinz K�hn[?], politician (+ 1992)
February 19 - Stan Kenton[?], musician (+ 1979)
February 20 - Pierre Boulle, author
February 27 - Lawrence Durrell, writer (+ 1990)
March 12 - Irving Layton[?], poet
March 14 - Les Brown, band leader (+ 2001)
March 15 - Lightnin Hopkins[?], musician (+ 1982)
March 16 - Pat Nixon[?], actress, First Lady (+ 1993)
March 17 - Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist (+ 1987)
March 22 - Karl Malden[?], actor
March 23 - Wernher von Braun, physicist and engineer (+ 1977)
March 27 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
March 31 - Hermann H�cherl[?], politician (+ 1989)
April 8 - Sonja Henie, Olympic and World Champion figure skater
April 26 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction writer (+ 2000)
May 9 - Pedro Armend�riz[?], actor (+ 1963)
May 12 - Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor
May 14 - Ben Hogan, golfer (+ 1997)
May 16 - Studs Terkel, writer
May 18 - Walter Sisulu, anti-apartheid activist (+ 2003)
May 18 - Perry Como[?], singer (+ 2001)
May 27 - Sam Snead (+ 2002)
May 28 - Patrick White, author (+ 1990)
May 30 - Joseph Stein[?], playwright
May 31 - Alfred Deller, singer, early modern countertenor (+ 1979)
June 26 - Jay Silverheels, actor (+ 1980)
July 14 - Woody Guthrie, folk musician (+ 1969)
July 17 - Art Linkletter, television host
September 5 - John Cage, American composer
September 21 - Chuck Jones, animator
September 29 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director
October 21 - Georg Solti, conductor (+ 1997)
October 27 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer (+ 1997)
November 26 - Eugene Ionesco, playwright (+ 1994)

Deaths:

March 29 - Robert Falcon Scott, explorer
March 30 - Karl May, author
April 15 - Most of crew and passengers on the Titanic
April 15 - John Jacob Astor IV[?], businessman aboard the Titanic
April 15 - Benjamin Guggenheim, businessman, aboard the Titanic
May 14 - August Strindberg
May 25 - Austin Lane Crothers, politician

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Nils Gustaf Dal�n[?]
Chemistry - not awarded
Medicine - Alexis Carrel
Literature - Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann[?]
Peace - Elihu Root[?]