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Dates & Facts: 1912

This page is continually evolving. Students are invited to do their own research on important dates or events from 1912. They do not have to be Canadian events.

Email your findings to Peter Findlay and he will include them on this page.

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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

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