WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1912
Find out what all happened May to August 1912

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

Alaska becomes a United States territory. (24. August 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 Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum. (6. August 1912)

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

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

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

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

U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier. (14. August 1912)

The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. (25. August 1912)

Paramount Pictures is founded. (8. May 1912)

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

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

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

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