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 - José 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 Kühn[?], 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 Höcherl[?], 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 Armendáriz[?], 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
- Physics - Nils Gustaf Dalén[?]
- Chemistry - not awarded
- Medicine - Alexis Carrel
- Literature - Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann[?]
- Peace - Elihu Root[?]
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