WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1912
Find out what all happened April to October 1912

The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her only voyage. (10. April 1912)

Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō. (30. July 1912)

First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as Serbia joins the war. (18. October 1912)

The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. (25. August 1912)

Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes. (4. May 1912)

Paramount Pictures is founded. (8. May 1912)

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 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive. (15. April 1912)

Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. He and pilot Lt. Lewis C. Rockwell are killed in the crash of an Army Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland. (28. September 1912)

The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. (18. April 1912)

Alaska becomes a United States territory. (24. August 1912)

First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. (23. October 1912)

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. (25. September 1912)

The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction. (7. October 1912)

Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America. (2. September 1912)

The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials. (2. April 1912)

Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. (22. April 1912)

First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani. (11. October 1912)

U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill. (3. October 1912)

The Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa. (10. June 1912)

First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire. (8. October 1912)