WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1912
Find out what all happened January to November 1912

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

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

First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje. (26. October 1912)

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

The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio. (7. November 1912)

The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum. (6. August 1912)

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

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

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

Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. (1. March 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 Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. (12. February 1912)

The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill. (28. September 1912)

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. (6. January 1912)

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

Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States. (5. November 1912)

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

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

First Balkan War: Kardzhali is liberated by Bulgarian forces (21. October 1912)

First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory. (24. October 1912)

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