WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1912
Find out what all happened January to October 1912

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm (sinks morning of April 15th). (14. April 1912)

Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes. (4. May 1912)

Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. (22. April 1912)

Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America. (2. September 1912)

Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston. (20. April 1912)

The African National Congress is founded. (8. January 1912)

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. (6. January 1912)

First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani. (11. October 1912)

Paramount Pictures is founded. (8. May 1912)

New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. (6. January 1912)

Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week. (11. January 1912)

The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill. (28. September 1912)

The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction. (7. October 1912)

The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. (25. August 1912)

Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. (4. June 1912)

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. (25. September 1912)

U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill. (3. October 1912)

Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures. (8. June 1912)

The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. (12. March 1912)

The Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa. (10. June 1912)