First Balkan War: Royal Hellenic Navy Defeats Ottoman Navy at Elli, December 16, 1912

The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines. Date: February 14, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1912Sultan Abd al-Hafid Signs Treaty of Fez, Morocco Becomes French Protectorate, March 30, 1912San Diego…

First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Date: March 27, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on…

RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, UK, on her maiden and only voyage. Date: April 10, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1912Marie-Adélaïde Becomes First Reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, February 25, 1912African National…

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. Date: January 6, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1912Arizona Admitted as 48th U.S. State February 14, 1912First Indian Film Shree Pundalik Released…

Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech. Date: October 14, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in…

The sixth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement. Date: January 5, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events…