The temperature on April 15, 1912 was between 2.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death May 7, 1912
The temperature on May 7, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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