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October 30 – James S. Sherman, 27th vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (born 1855) November 25 – Isidor Rayner, U.S. senator from Maryland from 1905 to 1912 (born 1850) November 28 – Walter Benona Sharp, oil pioneer (born 1870) December 18 – Will Carleton, poet (born 1845) December 29 – Philip H. Cooper, admiral ...
1912 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 ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1912. Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt (who ran under the banner of the new Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs.
The following events occurred in December 1912: ... Nefertiti's bust survived because it had happened to land, upside down, on its flat top. ... was found today in ...
1912 – New Mexico and Arizona become states; 1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low; 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt shot, but not killed, while campaigning for the presidency; October 30, 1912 – Vice President Sherman dies; 1912 – U.S. presidential election: Woodrow Wilson elected president, Thomas R. Marshall, vice
10 October – The Maternity Allowance Act 1912 is passed, granting a "Baby Bonus" of five pounds to the mother of every child born in Australia (indigenous mothers and other non-citizens are excluded). [9] 12 October – Forty-two people die in the North Mount Lyell Disaster on the west coast of Tasmania.
26 February–6 April – National coal strike of 1912. [5] 1 March – suffragettes smash shop windows in the West End of London, especially around Oxford Street. [6] 16 March – Lawrence Oates, ill member of Scott's South Pole expedition leaves the tent saying, "I am just going outside and may be some time". He is not seen again. [2]
November 12, 1912: José Canalejas after his assassination In Madrid , anarchist Manuel Pardiñas assassinated José Canalejas , the Prime Minister of Spain , and then shot himself to death. Canalejas had stopped in front of a bookstore when Pardiñas fired three shots at close range from a Browning pistol.