The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco. Date: December 28, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 28 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3+1⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison. Date: December 19, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1912…
First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli. Date: December 16, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out. Date: December 8, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. Date: December 6, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.) Date: December 3, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1912…
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. Date: November 28, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco. Date: November 27, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians prior to World War II, ceases its publications. Date: November 25, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia. Date: November 19, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)