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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

• January 4, 1912 – The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• January 8, 1912 – The African National Congress is founded.
• February 18, 1912 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
• April 16, 1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• June 30, 1912 – The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada’s deadliest tornado event.
• August 14, 1912 – U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
• September 4, 1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• October 24, 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• November 7, 1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven’s Fidelio.
• November 28, 1912 – Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Who Were Born On 1912?

• February 27, 1912 – Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)
• April 12, 1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
• May 23, 1912 – Betty Astell, English actress and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• June 11, 1912 – Keith R. Porter, Canadian-American biologist and academic (d. 1997)
• June 25, 1912 – William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
• July 14, 1912 – Northrop Frye, Canadian philosopher and critic (d. 1991)
• August 4, 1912 – David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004)
• October 22, 1912 – Peer Guldbrandsen, Danish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• December 1, 1912 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986)