Halifax: August 27, 1912 <<< >>> Victoria: October 17, 1912
Date | Event | Contributed by: |
January 1 | China becomes a republic with Sun Yat-sen as president | |
April 14 | The Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland | |
May 24 | The first parachute jump in Canada occurred in Vancouver | |
June | The first Oreo cookies are invented (USA) | |
August 17 | Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney leave Halifax to become the first men to drive across Canada | |
December 31 | The Ritz Hotel opens in Montreal | |
Stephen Leacock publishes Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town | ||
Maria Montessori begins teaching "The Montessori Method" | ||
The Katmai volcano erupts violently in Alaska | ||
The electric iron is invented in Germany | ||
The discovery of Vitamin A in butter and egg yolks (USA) | ||
New Mexico and Arizona become 47th and 48th US states | ||
Paleontologists around the world are deceived by the Piltdown man hoax | ||
The Boston Red Sox win the World Series | ||
The Olympic Games are held in Stockholm, Sweden | ||
The first feature length film is shown in America and Famous Players and Universal Studios formed to produce more films. Universal signs a Canadian women to as their star actress | ||
The electric starter for cars is invented | ||