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.
Category Archives: 1910s
First Lady Pat Nixon born 100 years ago today (1912)
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.
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Girl Scouts are born 100 years ago today (1912)
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.
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Oreo sandwich cookies introduced 100 years ago today (1912)
(Wednesday, March 6, 1912) — Oreo sandwich cookies (originally called “biscuits”) were first introduced today by Nabisco at its Chelsea factory in New York City.
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Ground broken on Ebbets Field in Brooklyn 100 years ago today (1912)
(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.
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Former President Theodore Roosevelt announces he’ll run again 100 years ago tonight (1912)
(Saturday, February 24, 1912) — Former President Theodore Roosevelt announced tonight (in the form of a written reply to seven GOP governors asking him to run) that he would “accept the nomination for president if it is tendered me,” directly challenging his successor, President William H. Taft, for the Republican presidential nomination.
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China’s child Emperor gets millions for abdication 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: Puyi abdicates (at 1:00)
(Monday, February 12, 1912) — Puyi, widely known as The Last Emperor of China, abdicated today at the tender age of six, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty.
