The First International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. Date: January 23, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. Date: January 17, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week. Date: January 11, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
The city of San Diego passes an ordinance restricting free speech, provoking months of civil unrest between socialist Wobblies and business leaders that become the bloodiest free speech fight in history. Date: January 8, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On…
The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC). Date: January 8, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state. Date: January 6, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter. Date: January 4, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Republic of China is established. Date: January 1, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)