May 1912

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May 23, 1912: Imperator, world's largest ocean liner, is launched
May 9, 1912: Royal Navy Commander Samson of HMS Hibernia becomes first pilot to take off from a moving ship
May 18, 1912: USS Texas, largest U.S. warship, launched
May 24, 1912: Piltdown Man hoax continues with delivery of skull fragments
May 18, 1912: Kongō, Japan's largest Japanese battleship is launched

The following events occurred in May 1912:

May 1, 1912 (Wednesday)

May 2, 1912 (Thursday)

May 3, 1912 (Friday)

May 4, 1912 (Saturday)

May 5, 1912 (Sunday)

  • Vladimir Lenin began the daily publication of Pravda (Russian for "The Truth"), the official newspaper of the Communist Party in Saint Petersburg, and later the leading daily paper for the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991. The first issue carried the date "22 April 1912" (22 Апрель 1912),[26] because Russia was still using the Julian Calendar, which was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. The paper would later carry the slogan "Newspaper founded 5 May 1912 by V. I. Lenin".[27] Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Pravda was the leading newspaper in the Communist nation.
  • The first competitive events of the 1912 Summer Olympics took place in Stockholm, Sweden, with lawn tennis being played until May 12. Most of the competition took place between June 29 and July 22, with the opening ceremonies being held on July 6.[28]
  • The first issue of Our Sunday Visitor was introduced in Catholic churches throughout the United States. The 35,000 copies of the first issue sold for one cent apiece.[29]
  • Born: Adolf Ottman, Anne-Marie Ottman, Emma Ottman and Elisabeth Ottman, the longest-lived quadruplets to date, in Munich. All four were 79 years, 316 days old when Adolf became the first to pass away on March 17, 1992.[30]

May 6, 1912 (Monday)

May 7, 1912 (Tuesday)

May 8, 1912 (Wednesday)

May 9, 1912 (Thursday)

May 10, 1912 (Friday)

May 11, 1912 (Saturday)

May 12, 1912 (Sunday)

May 13, 1912 (Monday)

  • The United States House of Representatives voted 237–39 to send the proposed Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provided for U.S. Senators to be elected directly by popular vote, rather than by the state legislatures, for ratification. An amendment for direct election of U.S. Senators had first been proposed in 1826. In 1894, 1898, 1900 and 1902, the House had approved an amendment and the Senate had rejected it.[47] The 17th amendment would be ratified by April 8, 1913, after Connecticut became the 36th of 48 states to give its approval.[48]
  • The remains of three people, who had been able to escape the sinking Titanic in a lifeboat, but died while awaiting rescue, were located by another White Star Line steamer, RMS Oceanic.[49][50] Passenger Thomson Beattie and two of the ship's firemen (who could not be identified) had managed to get into one of the collapsible lifeboats, but drifted for a month after the ship sank, dying from hypothermia or thirst along the way.[51] Another three bodies of Titanic victims were recovered by the Canadian government ship Montmagny and brought to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, where they were shipped to Halifax via the Sydney and Louisburg Railway.[52]
  • The first jury trial ever conducted in China began in Shanghai.[53]
  • Italian ships captured more islands from the Ottoman Empire, seizing Piskopi, Nisero, Kalismo, Leno and Patmos.[20]
  • The first known investigation into an air crash began after a Flanders F.2 monoplane crashed at Brooklands, Surrey, England, killing the pilot and passenger. [54] The investigators would conclude that the accident was caused by pilot error.
  • Born: Gil Evans (stage name for Ian Ernest Gilmore Green), Canadian jazz composer, best known for his collaborations with Miles Davis; in Toronto (d. 1988)

May 14, 1912 (Tuesday)

  • King Frederik of Denmark collapsed and died during an evening stroll while on vacation in Germany. Found alone, and with no identification, the 68-year old monarch was taken as a "John Doe" to a morgue in a local hospital before his fellow travelers realized he was missing.[55][56]
  • In the California presidential primaries, Theodore Roosevelt won all 26 of the Republican delegates, defeating William Howard Taft in all 58 counties. Former House Speaker Champ Clark won the Democratic delegates, defeating Woodrow Wilson by a 2-1 ratio. Women, though not allowed to vote in national elections, were able to participate in the primaries.[57]
  • China's legislature rejected the six-power railroad loan agreement.[53]
King Frederik VIII

May 15, 1912 (Wednesday)

Batting king (.367) Ty Cobb

May 16, 1912 (Thursday)

  • Two small boys who had survived the sinking of the Titanic were reunited with their mother after having been identified. Michel Navratil, Jr., 3, and Edmond Navratil, 2, had been placed into a lifeboat by their father.[68] Michel would be the last male survivor of the disaster, dying on January 31, 2001.[69]
  • Born: Studs Terkel, (pen name for Louis Terkel) American journalist, best known for promoting oral history in nonfiction, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Good War; in New York City (d. 2008)

May 17, 1912 (Friday)

May 18, 1912 (Saturday)

May 19, 1912 (Sunday)

May 20, 1912 (Monday)

May 21, 1912 (Tuesday)

May 22, 1912 (Wednesday)

May 23, 1912 (Thursday)

  • An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 8.0 in magnitude struck around the cities of Taunggyi and Pyin Oo Lwin in Burma, the largest recorded for the country. Despite the strength, only a single death was recorded. However, property damage in both cities extensive although final dollar figures were never recorded.[88]
Haakon, Christian and Gustaf

May 24, 1912 (Friday)

May 25, 1912 (Saturday)

May 26, 1912 (Sunday)

  • American athlete James Duncan set the first records for throwing a discus, as recognized by the International Amateur Athletic Federation later in the year when the IAAF published its inaugural list of records. At Celtic Park in Queens, New York, Duncan hurled the discus with his right hand 156 feet 1¾ inches (47.59 metres). Later in the meet, using his left hand, he reached a distance of 96 feet 7½ inches. Thus, the standard for furthest combined distance with right hand and left hand became 252 feet, 9¼ inches. [96] [97] Despite having thrown one half-inch further than he would the next day, his May 27 discus throw became the first internationally recognized record for the discus throw, with a distance of 156 ft 1+14 in (47.581 m).[98]
  • Born:

May 27, 1912 (Monday)

May 28, 1912 (Tuesday)

May 29, 1912 (Wednesday)

May 30, 1912 (Thursday)

Wilbur Wright

May 31, 1912 (Friday)

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