Video: '100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation'
(Thursday, August 1, 1912) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ first pilot, 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, went on his first solo flight today as he took off in a Burgess/Curtis Hydroplane from Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts.
Video: 'Queen Elizabeth'
(Friday, July 12, 1912) — Queen Elizabeth, a short 4-reel French silent film based on the love affair between Elizabeth I of England and the Earl of Essex, opened today in New York City. Continue reading ‘Queen Elizabeth’ opens in New York City 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'Regina cyclone of 1912: 100 years later'
(Sunday, June 30, 1912, 4:50 p.m. CST) — Canada’s deadliest tornado on record occurred today as a late-afternoon cyclone struck Regina, the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, killing 28 people and destroying or damaging 500 buildings.
Video: 'Saved from the Titanic' (clip)
(Tuesday, May 14, 1912) — Saved From the Titanic, the first movie inspired by the Titanic disaster, was released today just a month after the British liner sank. Continue reading First film drama based on Titanic disaster released 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: '100 Years Red Sox' (Fenway opens at 1:18)
(Saturday, April 20, 1912) — Boston’s Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game today with then-mayor John F. Fitzgerald, the grandfather of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy, throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating future arch-rivals the New York Highlanders, renamed the Yankees the next year, 7-6 in 11 innings. Continue reading Boston’s Fenway Park, Detroit’s Tiger Stadium open 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: Camp Fire Girls commercial
(Sunday, March 17, 1912) — Camp Fire Girls of America, emphasizing camping and other outdoor activities for youth, was incorporated today in Washington, D.C, as a national agency.
Video: Pat Nixon tribute (1972)
(Saturday, March 16, 1912) — Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon, who served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974, was born today in the small mining town of Ely, Nevada.
Video: Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary (part 1)
(Tuesday, March 12, 1912) — The Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, today founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides, a movement which had originated in Britain along with the Boy Scouts.
(Wednesday, March 6, 1912) — Oreo sandwich cookies (originally called “biscuits”) were first introduced today by Nabisco at its Chelsea factory in New York City.
(Monday, March 4, 1912) — Groundbreaking took place today for Ebbets Field, a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913 to 1957.
