Today in History for February 1912

Months in 1912: January March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

2nd - Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
7th - 2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)
8th - 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla
9th - US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
10th - Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
12th - China adopts Gregorian calendar
12th - Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates
13th - England regains cricket's Ashes
14th - 1st US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Ct
14th - Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state
15th - Fram reaches latitude 78° 41' S, farthest south ever by ship
16th - VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
20th - Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
22nd - J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
25th - Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
26th - Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)
27th - Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
28th - Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

2nd - Burton Lane, Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow)
2nd - Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox)
2nd - Millvina Dean, last living survivour of the RMS Titanic.
3rd - Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information
4th - Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
4th - Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater
4th - James Craig, Nashville TN, actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops)
4th - Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian politician (d. 1999)
4th - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, archbishop of Quebec (d. 2006)
5th - Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)
5th - Zoltan Pongracz, composer
6th - Eva Braun, mistress (Adolph Hitler)
7th - Derek Farr, London, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large)
7th - Jane Ross, Spokane Wash, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever)
7th - Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist {d. 1981}
8th - Simon Jurovsky, composer
9th - Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
10th - Lord Orr-Ewing
11th - Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
11th - Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
11th - Roy Fuller, English writer (d. 1991)
12th - Eddie J Bush, golf professional
12th - Ernest Clark, London England, actor (Doctor in the House)
12th - R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
13th - French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor
13th - Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
13th - Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast)
14th - Edmund George Love, US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)=
14th - Juan Pujol Garcia, [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent
14th - Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist
14th - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988)
15th - George Mikes, Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien)
16th - Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement)
16th - Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch (female) author
16th - Del Sharbutt, Cleburne Tx, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade)
16th - Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader (created salsa music)
16th - Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt (Aberdeenshire)
17th - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
19th - Adolf Rudnicki, Polish writer (Niekochana)
19th - Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher
19th - Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55)
19th - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
20th - Pierre Boulle, French author (d. 1994)
21st - Arline Judge, actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent)
21st - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert)
21st - Patrick Murphy, English multi-millionaire
24th - Julius Kowalski, composer
25th - Richard Wattis, England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl)
25th - Brenda Joyce, American actress
27th - Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999)
28th - Helmut Coing, German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute)
28th - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (d. 1945)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

10th - Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
16th - Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
16th - St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
17th - Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57
17th - Lawrence Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
22nd - Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76
25th - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
28th - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies