Date: March 27, 1912
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 British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive. Date: April 15, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On…
Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. Date: June 4, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1912Arizona Admitted as 48th U.S. State, February 14, 1912New Mexico Admitted…
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 first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda is published. Date: May 5, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1912Lawrence Textile Workers Strike Over Wage Cuts January 11, 1912Royal Flying Corps Established in the…
The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. Date: March 12, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1912Italo-Turkish War: First Airship Bombing at Janzur, March…