1912
ID: 1207
Balkan Wars: Austria-Hungary and Germany support different sides, increasing instability in Europe
ID: 1207
1912
ID: 1208
First International Congress of Eugenics (London) - America dominated the worldwide eugenics movement
ID: 1208
1912
ID: 1209
Walter A. Plecker becomes Virginia's Racial Registrar (serves until 1946)
ID: 1209
1912
ID: 1210
Harry Hay born to Catholic family, attended St. Gregory Catholic Church
ID: 1210
1912
ID: 1211
Radio Act passed; Titanic disaster highlights importance of wireless communication
ID: 1211
1912
ID: 1212
St. Maximilian Kolbe sent to Rome, attends Pontifical Gregorian University, earns doctorates in philosophy (1915) and theology (1919/1922)
ID: 1212
1912
ID: 1213
Alfred Wegener proposes continental drift using mathematical analysis of geological data - Mathematical geology challenges fixed Earth assumptions
ID: 1213
1912
ID: 1214
Ernst Steinitz develops systematic theory of fields in abstract algebra - Foundation for modern Galois theory
ID: 1214
1912
ID: 1215
Cannery child labor: 12-year-old boys work from 3 AM, 10-year-old girls work 14½ hours daily
ID: 1215
1912
ID: 1217
Arthur Smith Jr. case: Healthy 11-year-old in New Windsor, NY develops pemphigus after vaccination - hands, arms, feet, and legs swollen to twice normal size
ID: 1217
1912
ID: 4279
U.S. government adopts decimal classification system for documents based on Dewey Decimal System
ID: 4279
1912
ID: 4473
Monroe Calculating Machine Company founded - becomes major American calculator manufacturer
ID: 4473
1912
ID: 4726
Puyi abdicates - last emperor of China ends Qing Dynasty, Republic proclaimed
ID: 4726
1912
ID: 5707
Wilbur Scoville develops heat scale for chili peppers - Scoville Organoleptic Test measures capsaicin concentration
ID: 5707
1912
ID: 1216
March 8, 1912
Health Commissioner George Michels refuses daughter's vaccination: 'My father died of smallpox after being vaccinated and my sister was crippled through being vaccinated'
ID: 1216