WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1912
Find out what all happened February to October 1912

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

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

The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction. (7. October 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. (23. October 1912)

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

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

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

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. (25. September 1912)

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