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Last updated: 2008 April 30.

1912 January 1 First running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km). [1] Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic. [1] January 2 Death of Felix Dahn in Hamburg, Germany, age 77; professor of law, writer. [37] (January 3 [1]) January 3 Southern Pacific Railroad offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free. [1] January 4 Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-center. [1] January 6 New Mexico becomes 47th state. [1] January 7 Birth of Charles Addams cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family). [1] January 9 US marines invade Honduras. [1] January 10 Caillaux government in France resigns. [1] World's first flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York). [1] January 12 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta Iowa (state record). [1] January 13 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland Maryland (state record). [1] January 14 Otto Liebmann German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71. [1] Raymond Poincaré becomes premier of France. [1] January 16 Georg Heym writer, dies at 24. [1] January 18 British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had preceded them by just over a month. [5] (January 17 [1]) January 29 Hermann Bang writer, dies at 54. [1] Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence Massachusetts. [1] February 2 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe). [1] February 7 Second Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)). [1] February 8 First eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville Florida. [1] February 10 Joseph Lister first Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies. [1] February 12 The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar. [1] [5] Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates. [1] February 14 First US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton Connecticut. [1] Arizona becomes 48th state. [1] Birth of Oliver Wendell Harrington cartoonist. [1] February 15 Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship. [1] February 16 Edgar Evans British explorer (Antarctica), dies. [1] February 17 Aloys von Aerenthal foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57. [1] L Oates British explorer (Antarctica), dies. [1] February 22 J Vedrines makes first airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph. [1] Richard Andree German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76. [1] February 26 Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01). [1] February 27 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway. [1] March 1 Albert Berry makes first parachute jump from an airplane. [1] Isabella Goodwin, first US woman detective, appointed, New York City, New York. [1] March 5 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die. [1] March 7 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole. [1] March 12 Captain Albert Berry performs first parachute jump from an airplane. [1] Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low. [1] Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th Steet New York City. [1] March 13 Birth of James Friell political cartoonist. [1] March 14 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt. [1] March 16 Mrs William Howard Taft plants first cherry tree in Washington DC. [1] March 17 Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Gulick. [1] March 23 Dixie Cup invented. [1] March 27 First Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC. [1] March 29 Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far". [1] Robert F Scott British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies. [1] March 30 French protectorate in Morocco established. [1] Karl May German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70. [1] April 1 Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record in standing long jump with a 3.47-meters jump. [5] April 2 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China. [1] Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power. [1] April 4 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia. [1] Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet. [1] April 6 Electric starter first appeared in cars. [1] April 8 Steamers collide in the Nile, drowning 200. [1] April 9 Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York. [1] April 10 RMS Titanic sets sail for its first and last voyage. [1] April 11 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid. [1] April 12 Clara Barton organized American Red Cross, dies at 90. [1] April 13 Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF). [1] April 14 Pan American Union forms. [1] The Titanic, launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes iceberg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia at approximately 11:30pm, and sinks early the next morning (1500+ death toll). [1] April 15 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM in North Atlantic. [1] April 16 Harriet Quimby becomes first woman pilot to cross the English Channel. [1] April 17 First unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep"). [1] April 20 Bram Stoker Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies. [1] April 24 Justin M'Carthy politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81. [1] April 27 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands. [1] April 29 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Tuguegarao Philippines (Oceania record). [1] Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel", premieres in Berlin. [1] April 30 Frantisek Kmoch composer, dies. [1] May 1 Beverly Hills Hotel opens. [1] May 2 Birth of Marten Toonder writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel). [1] May 4 Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes. [1] May 5 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing. [1] May 7 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer. [1] May 13 Royal Flying Corps is established in England. [1] May 14 August Strindberg Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63. [1] Frederik VIII King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68. [1] May 15 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended. [1] May The Ottawa branch mint strikes Canada's first $5 and $10 gold coins. [3] May 18 Maurits Binger establishes two Dutch movie companies. [1] May 26 Jan Blockx Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61. [1] May 29 Fifteen young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break. [1] May 30 US Marines sent to Nicaragua. [1] Wilbur Wright US aviation pioneer, dies. [1] May 31 US marines land on Cuba. [1] June 4 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses. [1] Massachusetts passes first US minimum wage law. [1] June 5 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time). [1] June 7 Saint Pius X encyclical "On the Indians of South America". [1] US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane. [1] July 4 Detroit Tiger George Mullen no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 7-0. [1] July 12 First foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-New York City. [1] July 15 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect. [1] July 16 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske. [1] July 20 Philadelphia Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in one game. [1] July 25 Comoros proclaimed a French colonies. [1] July 31 US government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights (censorship). [1] August 7 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for president. [1] August 14 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925. [1] August 20 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect. [1] August 21 Mr Carter-Cotton chosen first chancellor of Univ of British Columbia. [1] August 24 New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US olympians. [1] Territory of Alaska organized. [1] US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the government. [1] August 25 First time an aircraft recovers from a spin. [1] August 27 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan. [1] September 3 World's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy. [1] September 9 J Verdrines becomes first to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph). [1] September 11 Philadelphia Athletics Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in one game. [1] September 22 Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in a game, for second time in 11 days. [1] September 23 First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released. [1] September 28 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000. [1] October 4 Nicaraguan General Zeledon, opponent of US occupation, is executed. [1] October 8 First Balkan War begins. [1] October 9 Millie and Christine Siamese twins, die at 61. [1] October 14 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee. [1] October 18 Beginning of the first Balkan War. [1] Italo-Turkish war ends. [1] October 19 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control. [1] November 3 First pilot shot down: Bulgarian pilot while making reconnaissance flight over Adrianople. [55.8] November 5 Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) and President Taft (Republican). [1] November 18 Albania declares independence from Turkey. [1] November 25 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springfield, Illinois. [1] November 27 Albanian National Flag adopted. [1] Spanish protectorate in Morocco established. [1] December 3 Gerrit Brinkman becomes first Dutch traffic officer. [1] Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact. [1] December 6 China votes for universal human rights. [1] December 7 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt. [1] George Darwin theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies. [1] December 12 Luitpold von Bayern prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91. [1] R Friml/O Harbachs musical "Firefly" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] December 16 First US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20-cent parcel post, issued. [1] Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia. [1] December 20 J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faite à Marie" premieres in Paris. [1] December 21 Sweden, Denmark, and Norway issue a declaration of agreement on principles of neutrality, pledging to notify each other of any departure from these principles. [1] [7] December 23 First "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy". [1] Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation. [1] December 24 Irving Fisher patents archiving system with index cards. [1] December 28 National Council of Young Israel convenes. [1] The first municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California. [1] [5] December 30 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter German foreign minister, dies at 60. [1]