What Happened In March 1912 In History

Historical Events for March, 1912

• 1st » Albert Berry (parachutist) known as Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
• 5th » Italo-Turkish War: Kingdom of Italy or Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Ottoman Empire or Turkish lines.
• 6th » Italy known as Italian forces became the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles dropped bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• 7th » Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
• 12th » The Girl Guide and Girl Scout called Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• 30th » King of Morocco Sultan Abdelhafid of Morocco Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a France French protectorate.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1912

• 1st » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003)
• 1st » Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001)
• 2nd » William Thayer Tutt, American businessman (d. 1989)
• 4th » Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (d. 1976)
• 4th » Judith Furse, English actress (d. 1974)
• 4th » Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor (d. 1996)
• 4th » Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994)
• 4th » Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
• 7th » Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist (d. 1984)
• 8th » Preston Smith (governor) known as Preston Smith, American politician, 40th Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
• 8th » Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)
• 9th » Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, English diplomat (d. 2013)
• 12th » Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
• 12th » Edgar Tafel, American architect (d. 2011)
• 12th » Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
• 14th » Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
• 14th » Les Brown (bandleader) e.g Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
• 14th » W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994)
• 14th » Charles Van Acker, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
• 14th » W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010)
• 15th » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)
• 16th » Pat Nixon, American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
• 17th » Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987)
• 18th » Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
• 19th » Hugh Watt, New Zealand politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980)
• 21st » André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968)
• 22nd » Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)
• 23rd » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Wernher von Braun, German physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
• 24th » Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (d. 2010)
• 25th » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
• 25th » Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
• 27th » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
• 27th » Robert Hughes (composer) named Robert Hughes, Scottish-Australian composer (d. 2007)
• 28th » A. Bertram Chandler English-Australian author (d. 1984)
• 28th » Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)
• 29th » Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (d. 1979)
• 30th » Alvin Hamilton, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
• 31st » William Lederer, American author (d. 2009)

Famous Deaths for March 1912

• 1st » George Grossmith, English actor and singer (b. 1847)
• 13th » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (Quebec) known as Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 13th » Hugo Treffner, German educator, founded the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (b. 1845)
• 29th » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 29th » Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
• 29th » Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
• 30th » Karl May, German author (b. 1842)

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