WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1912
Find out what all happened February to August 1912

The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event. (30. June 1912)

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

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

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

Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō. (30. July 1912)

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

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

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

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

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

Alaska becomes a United States territory. (24. August 1912)

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

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

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

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

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive. (15. April 1912)

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