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This year in history
In the year 1912

	January 6th	New Mexico was admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
	January 8th	The African National Congress was founded. It is the current ruling party of South Africa.
	January 28th	American painter, Jackson Pollock, was born in Wyoming. He was one of the most influential abstract expressionist painters of the 20th century.
	February 6th	German, Eva Braun, was born in Munich. She is known for having been the mistress of Adolf Hitler. Braun and Hitler committed suicide together on the 30th of April 1945, as Berlin was falling.
	February 12th	The last Emperor of China, Pu Yi, abdicated.
	February 14th	Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th US state.
	March 12th	The Girl Guides was founded in the United States. It was later renamed to the Girl Scouts of America.
	April 10th	The RMS Titanic began its voyage from the dock of Southampton, England. It was destined to sink four days later in one of the most known and dramatic shipwrecks in history.
	April 14th	The British ocean liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Over 1500 people died in the shipwreck. The site of the shipwreck was discovered in 1985 by a joint American-French expedition.
	April 20th	Irish author, Bram Stoker, died at the age of 65 in London England. He wrote several popular novels in his lifetime, the most famous of which is Dracula.
	June 6th	The Novarupta volcano in Alaska erupted. It was the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
	June 8th	The film studio, Universal Pictures, was founded.
	June 8th	American artist, Harry Holtzman, was born in New York. He was one of the most influential abstract artist of the 20th century.
	August 13th	Italian biologist, Salvador Luria, was born in Turin. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969 and is considered as one of the fathers of molecular biology.
	August 14th	United States marines invaded Nicaragua.
	August 23th	American actor, Gene Kelly, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Along with Fred Astaire, he was one of the most celebrated musical actors of the 20th century.
	September 7th	American, David Packard, was born in Pueblo, Colorado. He was an electrical engineer and businessman who co founded the Hewlett-Packard corporation.
	September 29th	Italian film director, Michelangelo Antonioni, was born in Ferrara, Italy. He is widely considered as one of the most influential directors of the 20th century.
	October 8th	The First Balkan War began as Montenegro declared war on Turkey.
	October 17th	Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire, marking the beginning of the First Balkan War.
	December 3rd	The first Balkan War ended.

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