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1912 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2052. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1912 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1912

• February 18, 1912 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
• March 1, 1912 – Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
• March 7, 1912 – Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
• June 6, 1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
• June 8, 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• June 30, 1912 – The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada’s deadliest tornado event.
• August 25, 1912 – The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
• September 28, 1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
• October 11, 1912 – First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
• December 18, 1912 – The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is announced by Charles Dawson.

Who Were Born On 1912?

• January 1, 1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1995)
• January 9, 1912 – Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)
• February 21, 1912 – Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
• February 27, 1912 – Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999)
• March 4, 1912 – Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
• March 14, 1912 – Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
• August 30, 1912 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011)
• September 21, 1912 – György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
• October 1, 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
• November 23, 1912 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)