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(''' MCMXII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Monday in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian Calendar ).
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- April 14 / 15 - Sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' .
- April 16 - Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel .
- April 17 - Solar Eclipse in Europe.
- April 19 - United States Senate inquiry into the ''Titanic'' sinking begins.
- April 20 - Fenway Park home of the Boston Red Sox opens.
- May 2 - British Board Of Trade inquiry into the sinking of ''Titanic'' begins.
- May 3 - The first victims of the RMS ''Titanic'' are buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia .
- May 5 - The 1912 Summer Olympics open in Stockholm , Sweden .
- May 13 - In the United Kingdom , the Royal Flying Corps (forerunner of the Royal Air Force ) is established.
- May 30 - Joe Dawson wins the Second Indianapolis 500-Mile Race after Ralph DePalma 's Mercedes breaks down within sight of the finish.
- June 4 - Fire in Constantinople - 1120 buildings destroyed
- June 5 - U.S. Marines land on Cuba
- June 6 - June 8 - Eruption of Novarupta in Alaska , second largest Volcanic eruption in world history.
- June 8 - Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures .
- July 12 - Greek island of Icana declares Independence (Greece annexes it in November)
- July 19 - A Meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 Kg exploded over the Town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona causing thousands of pieces of debris to rain down on the town.
- July 30 - the Meiji Emperor of Japan , dies. He is succeeded by his son Yoshihito , the Taisho Emperor . In Japanese History , the event marks the end of the Meiji Period and the beginning of the Taisho Era .
- August 12 - Sultan Abd Al-Hafid of Morocco abdicates.
- August 25 - Kuomintang , the Chinese Nationalist Party is founded.
- September 25 - Columbia University Graduate School Of Journalism founded in New York, New York .
- January 1 - Kim Philby , British spy (d. 1988 )
- January 3 - Armand Lohikoski , Finnish director (d. 2005 )
- January 6 - Jacques Ellul , French philosopher (d. 1994 )
- January 7 - Charles Addams , American cartoonist (d. 1988 )
- January 8 - José Ferrer , Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992 )
- January 19 - Leonid Kantorovich , Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986 )
- January 21 - Konrad Emil Bloch , German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 2000 )
- January 28 - Jackson Pollock , American painter (d. 1956 )
- January 30 - Barbara W. Tuchman , American historian (d. 1989 )
- February 4 - Erich Leinsdorf , Austrian conductor (d. 1993 )
- February 6 - Eva Braun , Adolf Hitler 's mistress (d. 1945 )
- February 11 - Roy Fuller , English poet and novelist (d. 1991 )
- February 19 - Stan Kenton , American musician (d. 1979 )
- February 20 - Pierre Boulle , French author (d. 1994 )
- February 27 - Lawrence Durrell , British writer (d. 1990 )
- March 4 - Carl Marzani , American political documentary filmmaker, author, editor and publisher (d. 1994 )
- March 5 - David Astor , British newspaper publisher (d. 2001 )
- March 8 - Preston Smith , Governor of Texas (d. 2003 )
- March 12 - Irving Layton , Canadian poet (d. 2006 )
- March 14 - Les Brown , American band leader (d. 2001 )
- March 15 - Lightnin' Hopkins , American musician (d. 1982 )
- March 16 - Pat Nixon , First Lady Of The United States (d. 1993 )
- March 17 - Bayard Rustin , American civil rights activist (d. 1987 )
- March 18 - Lucien Laurin , Canadian horse trainer (d. 2000 )
- March 22 - Karl Malden , American actor
- March 23 - Betty Astell , British actress (d. 2005 )
- March 23 - Wernher Von Braun , German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977 )
- March 27 - James Callaghan , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (d. 2005 )
- April 8 - Sonja Henie , Norwegian figure skater (d. 1969 )
- April 12 - Walt Gorney , American actor (d. 2004 )
- April 15 - Kim Il Sung , President Of North Korea (d. 1994 )
- April 16 - Catherine Scorsese , Italian-American actress
- April 19 - Glenn T. Seaborg , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999 )
- April 22 - Kathleen Ferrier , British contralto (d. 1953 )
- April 26 - A. E. Van Vogt , Canadian-born writer (d. 2000 )
- April 28 - Odette Sansom , French World War II heroine (d. 1995 )
- May 3 - Virgil Fox , American organist (d. 1980 )
- May 9 - Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican actor (d. 1963 )
- May 11 - Foster Brooks , American actor and comedian (d. 2001 )
- May 12 - Archibald Cox , American Watergate special prosecutor (d. 2001 )
- May 14 - Ben Hogan , American golfer (d. 1997 )
- May 16 - Studs Terkel , American writer and broadcaster
- May 18 - Perry Como , American singer (d. 2001 )
- May 18 - Walter Sisulu , South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003 )
- May 21 - Monty Stratton , baseball player (d. 1982 )
- May 22 - Herbert C. Brown , English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004 )
- May 23 - Jean Françaix , French composer (d. 1997 )
- May 23 - John Payne , American actor (d. 1989 )
- May 25 - Princess Dukhye Of Korea (d. 1989 )
- May 27 - Sam Snead , American golfer (d. 2002 )
- May 28 - Patrick White , Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990 )
- May 28 - Herman Johannes , Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (d. 1992 )
- May 30 - Julius Axelrod , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 2004 )
- May 31 - Alfred Deller , English countertenor (d. 1979 )
- June 6 - Maria Montez , Dominican actress (d. 1951 )
- June 23 - Alan Turing , British mathematician (d. 1954 )
- June 25 - William T. Cahill , American politician (d. 1996 )
- June 26 - Jay Silverheels , American actor (d. 1980 )
- June 27 - Chen Kenmin , Japanese chef (d. 1990 )
- June 30 - Ludwig Bölkow , German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003 )
- July 1 - David R. Brower , American environmentalist (d. 2000 )
- July 6 - Heinrich Harrer , Austrian mountaineer and explorer (d. 2006 )
- July 14 - Woody Guthrie , American folk musician (d. 1969 )
- July 17 - Art Linkletter , American television host
- July 31 - Milton Friedman , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 31 - Irv Kupcinet , American newspaper columnist (d. 2003 )
- August 9 - Anne Brown , American soprano
- August 10 - Jorge Amado De Faria , Brazilian author (d. 2001 )
- August 11 - Thanom Kittikachorn , Prime Minister Of Thailand (d. 2004 )
- August 11 - Norman Levinson , American mathematician (d. 1975 )
- August 13 - Salvador Luria , Italian-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1991 )
- August 15 - Julia Child , American chef (d. 2004 )
- August 16 - Ted Drake , English footballer (d. 1995 )
- August 16 - Wendy Hiller , English actress (d. 2003 )
- August 23 - Gene Kelly , American actor (d. 1996 )
- August 25 - Erich Honecker , East German leader (d. 1994 )
- August 30 - Edward Mills Purcell , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997 )
- August 30 - Nancy Wake , New Zealand World War II heroine
- September 5 - John Cage , American composer (d. 1992 )
- September 11 - David Packard , American electrical engineer (d. 1996 )
- September 19 - Kurt Sanderling , German conductor
- September 21 - Chuck Jones , American animator (d. 2002 )
- September 21 - György Sándor , Hungarian pianist (d. 2005 )
- September 22 - Martha Scott , American actress (d. 2003 )
- September 24 - Don Porter , American actor (d. 1997 )
- September 29 - Michelangelo Antonioni , Italian film director
- October 5 - Karl Hass , Nazi war criminal (d. 2004 )
- October 5 - Kristina Söderbaum , German actress (d. 2001 )
- October 17 - Pope John Paul I (d. 1978 )
- October 21 - Georg Solti , Hungarian conductor (d. 1997 )
- October 22 - Johan Hendrik Weidner , Belgian World War II resistance fighter (d. 1994 )
- October 25 - Minnie Pearl , American commedienne (d. 1996 )
- October 27 - Conlon Nancarrow , American composer (d. 1997 )
- October 27 - Theo Milosevic , Canadian Scientist
- November 4 - Vadim Salmanov , Russian composer (d. 1978 )
- November 10 - Birdie Tebbetts , baseball player and manager (d. 1999 )
- November 11 - Larry LaPrise American songwriter (d. 1996 )
- November 14 - Barbara Hutton , American socialite (d. 1979 )
- November 14 - T. Y. Lin , Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003 )
- November 19 - George Emil Palade , Romanian microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- November 21 - Eleanor Powell , American actress and dancer (d. 1982 )
- November 26 - Eugene Ionesco , Romanian-born playwright (d. 1994 )
- November 30 - Gordon Parks , American photographer and artist (d. 2006 )
- January 28 - Gustave De Molinari , Belgian economist (b. 1819 )
- February 16 - Nikolai Of Japan , Eastern Orthodox monk and saint (b. 1836 )
- February 21 - Osborne Reynolds , Irish physicist (b. 1842 )
- February 25 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke Of Luxembourg (b. 1852 )
- March 1 - George Grossmith , English actor and comic writer (b. 1847 )
- March 29 - Members of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole:
- --- Henry Robinson Bowers (b. 1883 )
- --- Edgar Evans , Welsh naval officer (b. 1876 )
- --- Lawrence Oates , English army officer (b. 1880 )
- --- Robert Falcon Scott , English explorer (b. 1868 )
- --- Edward Adrian Wilson , English physician and naturalist (b. 1872 )
- March 30 - Karl May , German author (b. 1842 )
- April 15 - Victims of the sinking of the RMS Titanic :
- --- Thomas Andrews, Jr. , Irish shipbuilder (b. 1873 )
- --- John Jacob Astor IV , American businessman (b. 1864 )
- --- Archibald Butt , American presidential aide (b. 1865 )
- --- Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman (b. 1865 )
- --- Edward J. Smith , English ship's captain (b. 1850 )
- --- William Thomas Stead , English journalist (b. 1849 )
- --- Isidor Straus , German-born owner of Macy's (b. 1845 )
- April 20 - Bram Stoker , English writer (b. 1847 )
- May 14 - August Strindberg , Swedish playwright and painter (b. 1849 )
- May 14 - Frederick VIII , King of Denmark (b. 1843 )
- May 25 - Austin Lane Crothers , American politician (b. 1860 )
- May 30 - Wilbur Wright , American aviation pioneer (b. 1867 )
- June 12 - Frédéric Passy , French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1822 )
- July 1 - Harriet Quimby , American pilot (b. 1875 )
- July 2 - Tom Richardson , English cricketer (b. 1870 )
- July 30 - Meiji Emperor of Japan (b. 1852 )
- August 7 - François-Alphonse Forel , Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841 )
- August 8 - Ross Winn , American anarchist writer and publisher (b. 1871 )
- August 20 - William Booth , English founder of the Salvation Army (b. 1829 )
- October 6 - Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert , Belgian statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829 )
- October 24 - Mykola Lysenko , Ukrainian composer (b. 1842 )
- October 30 - James S. Sherman , Vice President Of The United States (b. 1855 )
- November 10 - Louis Cyr , Canadian strongman (b. 1863 )
- November 28 - Walter Benona Sharp , American oil pioneer (b. 1870 )
- December 23 - Otto Schoetensack , German anthropologist (b. 1850 )
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