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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 ...
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
Ship name Year launched Other names Fate Image SS Île de France: 1926 S.S. Furansu Maru (1958–1959, 1959) R.M.S. Claridon (1959) Scrapped at Osaka, Japan in 1959 SS Imperator: 1912 USS Imperator (1919–1920) RMS Berengaria (1920–1939) Scrapped in 1946 (fully) As Imperator USS Imperator with USS Leviathan. Imperator is on the left. As ...
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
November 20 – History of Medicine Society holds its first meeting, under the chairmanship of Sir William Osler, in London. Georgius Agricola 's De re metallica ( 1556 ) is first published in an English translation, made by Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover , in London.
Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist and Nobel Prize winner Rose Friedman (1910–2009), American free-market economist Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (1895–1973), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize co-winner