1912: The Year the Titanic Sank By meggoing Jan 6, 1912 New Mexico becomes the 47th state Feb 2, 1912 Frederick R. Law parachutes from the Statue of Liberty Feb 14, 1912 Arizona becomes the 48th state Mar 1, 1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane Mar 7, 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole Apr 2, 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power Apr 6, 1912 Electric starter first appeared in cars Electric Starter Motor 100 Years Old Apr 9, 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York "Titanic Leaving Port" from the movie Titanic Apr 10, 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its first and last voyage Apr 14, 1912 RMS Titanic hits iceberg at 11:40 pm off Newfoundland Apr 15, 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 am off Newfoundland as band plays on Apr 18, 1912 The Cunard liner, RMS Carpathia brings survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York May 5, 1912 Fifth Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden Jun 4, 1912 Massachusetts passes first U.S. minimum wage law Jul 22, 1912 Fifth Olympic games closes at Stockholm, Sweden Aug 24, 1912 District Alaska becomes an organized incorporated territory of the United States Aug 27, 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes "Tarzan of the Apes" Sep 3, 1912 World's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy Oct 18, 1912 Beginning of the first Balkan War- Balkan League vs. Ottoman Empire Nov 5, 1912 Woodrow Wilson defeats Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft Nov 5, 1912 Arizona, Kansas, and Wisconsin vote for female suffrage Dec 28, 1912 The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California
