1912

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1912 in various
Minguo calendar
ROC 1
民國1年
Nanakshahi calendar444
Thai solar calendar2454–2455
Tibetan calendar阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
2038 or 1657 or 885
    — to —
阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
2039 or 1658 or 886

1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

This year is notable for the sinking of the Titanic, which occurred on April 15th.

Events

January

February

March

March 7: Amundsen and the South Pole
Cherry trees
for Washington, D.C.

April

sinks

May

1912 Summer Olympics

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

1912 date-mark on the apex of a building at Springfield, Birmingham, England.

Births

January

Salah al-Din al-Bitar
José Ferrer
Leonid Kantorovich
Konrad Emil Bloch

February

Roberta McCain
Lawrence Durrell

March

Sir Jack Marshall
Pat Nixon
Karl Malden
James Callaghan

April

Sonja Henie
Kim Il Sung
Glenn T. Seaborg

May

Marten Toonder
Pedro Armendáriz
János Kádár
Julius Axelrod

June

Maria Montez
Enoch Powell
Alan Turing

July

August

Salvador Luria
Gene Kelly
Erich Honecker
Edward Mills Purcell

September

John Cage
Frank Thomas
Chuck Jones
Martha Scott

October

Fernando Belaúnde
Pope John Paul I
Sir Georg Solti
Sir Richard Doll
Ollie Johnston

November

Alfredo Stroessner
Otto von Habsburg

December

Pappy Boyington
Alfred Lennon
Lady Bird Johnson

Date unknown

Deaths

January

Eloy Alfaro
Saint Nicholas of Japan
Robert Falcon Scott
Karl May

February

March

April

Edward Smith
Patricio Escobar
Bram Stoker

May

Frederik VIII of Denmark
Wilbur Wright

June

July

Henri Poincaré
Emperor Meiji

August

September

October

Susie King Taylor
José Canalejas y Méndez

November

December

Nobel Prizes

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