WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1912
Find out what all happened February to July 1912

The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials. (2. April 1912)

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

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

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

Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150. (17. April 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)

Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition, left his tent to die, saying: "I am just going outside and may be some time." (16. March 1912)

The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai. (18. May 1912)

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

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

The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom. (13. May 1912)

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

Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves. (8. July 1912)

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

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

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. (6. June 1912)

Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. (1. March 1912)

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

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