WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1912
Find out what all happened April to May 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)

Paramount Pictures is founded. (8. May 1912)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150. (17. April 1912)

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

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

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