Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Date: February 25, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state. Date: February 14, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. Date: February 12, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)