WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1912
Find out what all happened January to May 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 Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. (12. March 1912)

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

The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her only voyage. (10. April 1912)

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

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

Paramount Pictures is founded. (8. May 1912)

Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911. (7. March 1912)

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

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

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

Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. (5. March 1912)

The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. (18. April 1912)

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

The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials. (2. April 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)

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

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

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. (16. April 1912)