WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1912
Find out what all happened January to February 1912

Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. (17. January 1912)

In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. (14. February 1912)

Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. (14. February 1912)

The Republic of China is established. (1. January 1912)

The Prague Party Conference takes place. (5. January 1912)

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. (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 International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. (23. January 1912)

The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter. (4. January 1912)

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

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

The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. (12. February 1912)

Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. (25. February 1912)