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January 6 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state (see History of New Mexico). January 11–March 12 – 1912 Lawrence textile strike ("Bread and Roses" strike): Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, strike in response to a pay cut corresponding to a new law shortening the working week.
1912 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the ...
The Photo History Timeline Collection; In the eye of the camera — Illustrated historical essay about early photography; Lippmann's and Gabor's Revolutionary Approach to Imaging; The Digital Camera Museum with accurate history section and many rare items Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine; The Fascinating Timeline of Photography Technology
Cover of Der Blaue Reiter Almanac. January 5 (Old Style December 23, 1911) – Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet, designed by Edward Gordon Craig, opens.; April – Egon Schiele is arrested in Neulengbach for seducing and abducting a minor; these charges are dropped but he is imprisoned for 21 days for exhibiting erotic drawings in a place accessible to children (his studio).
This is one of the first images taken at Machu Picchu during the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1912, following the clearing work. It may be the first published photo of the classic view of Machu Picchu. Articles in which this image appears Machu Picchu FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others Creator Hiram Bingham III
Poster for the American film From the Manger to the Cross. General Smedley Butler and Colonel Joseph Henry Pendleton of the United States Marine Corps had given Nicaraguan rebel general Benjamín Zeledón an ultimatum to surrender the El Coyotepe fortress by 8:00 am or face bombardment by American artillery and then an invasion.
On October 14, 1912, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt by John Schrank, a former saloonkeeper, while campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Schrank's bullet lodged in Roosevelt's chest after penetrating Roosevelt's steel eyeglass case and passing through a 50-page-thick (single-folded ...
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1912 Ship State Description Alabama United States: The barge, under tow of Margeret ( United States), sank 30 miles (48 km) east south east of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Lost with all four hands. [3] Emily B United States: The 43-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in Mosquito Inlet on the coast of ...