* Walter Scott Houston ( 1912 – 1993 ) who wrote the " Deep-Sky Wonders " column in Sky & Telescope magazine for almost 50 years.

Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.

* 1912 – Frank Dilio, Canadian hockey administrator ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Walt Gorney, American actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician 2nd Vice President of Indonesia ( d. 1988 )

* 1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1975 )

* 1912 – The British passenger liner sinks in the North Atlantic at 2: 20 a. m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg.

* 1864 – Jean, duc Decazes, French aristocrat and sportsman ( d. 1912 )

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

* 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer ( d. 2010 )

Schweitzer, who insisted that the score should show Bach's notation with no additional markings, wrote the commentaries for the Preludes and Fugues, and Widor those for the Sonatas and Concertos: six volumes were published in 1912 – 14.

Alexis Carrel ( June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944 ) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques.

* 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1991 )

* 1912 – Ann Dvorak, American actress ( d. 1979 )

* 1912 – Palle Huld, Danish actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist ( d. 2001 )

* 1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer ( b. 1912 )

* 1997 – Norman Carr, British conservationist ( b. 1912 )

Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS ( ; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 ), was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.

* 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor ( d. 1999 )

Casa Milà (), better known as La Pedrera (, meaning the ' The Quarry '), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905 – 1910, being considered officially completed in 1912.

* 1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

* 1867 – Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1912 )

** Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor ( b. 1912 )

Danny Thomas ( born Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz ; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991 ) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor and producer, whose career spanned five decades.

Danny Carroll would win another rugby gold with the United States in 1920, while Sydney Middleton would win a gold medal in rowing at the 1912 Games, where rugby was not on the program.

Thomas was born in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest child of comedian Danny Thomas ( 1912 – 1991 ) and his wife, the former Rose Marie Cassaniti ( 1914 – 2000 ).

The main magazine of this group from 1884 – 1957 was The Fraternal Visitor, whose editors included J. J. Bishop and J. J. Hadley ( d. 1912 ), then Thomas Turner, and finally Cyril Cooper ( till reunion in 1957 ).

* 1873 – Thomas Andrews, British shipbuilder on the RMS Titanic ( d. 1912 )

* 1849 – William Thomas Stead, English journalist ( d. 1912 )

* Thomas Mann's Death in Venice ( 1912 ), Tonio Kröger ( 1903 ), and Doktor Faustus ( 1947 )

Traveling 4, 176 miles ( 6, 720 km ) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia, in a 1912 REO special touring car, mechanic / driver Fonce V. ( Jack ) Haney and journalist Thomas W. Wilby made the first trip by automobile across Canada ( including one short jaunt into northeastern Washington State when the Canadian roads were virtually impassable.

* 1912 – Frank Thomas, American animator ( d. 2004 )

In 1912, the world ’ s fourth estate reported that Tesla had declined to accept the Nobel Prize in Physics, which he was to share with Thomas Edison, even though he was facing financial difficulties.

Hawker Pacific Aerospace's history began in 1912 with Harry Hawker asking Thomas Sopwith for flying lessons .</ br > Within a few years Hawker became Sopwith's top test pilot.

Airco was established in 1912 by George Holt Thomas at The Hyde in Hendon, north London, England.

* Pakenham, Thomas ( 1991 ) The Scramble for Africa, 1876 – 1912.

* Thomas E. Corning ( 1842 – 1912 ), Canadian lawyer and politician

In 1912, she designed the walled residential garden, Bellefield, for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newbold in Hyde Park, New York.

Tompkins would be the last Vice-President to be elected to two terms with the same President until Thomas R. Marshall was elected Vice-President, first in 1912 with Woodrow Wilson and again in 1916.

* Heck Thomas ( 1850 – 1912 ), Bill Tilghman ( 1854 – 1924 ), and Chris Madsen ( 1851 – 1944 ), the legendarily fearless " Three Guardsmen " of the Oklahoma Territory

* Lee Emmett Thomas ( 1866 – 1935 ), the mayor of Shreveport from 1922 – 1930 and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1912 – 1916, practiced law in Farmerville from 1889-1896.

* Lee Emmett Thomas, born in Marion in 1866, mayor of Shreveport ( 1922 – 1930 ) and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representative ( 1912 – 1916 )

They are Junius Edgar West, Delegate ( 1910 – 1912 ) and Senator ( 1912 – 1918 ); Thomas H. Howerton, Delegate ( 1912 – 1914 ); William O. Rogers, Senator ( 1924 – 1934 ); Garland Gray, Senator ( 1942 – 1945 and 1948 – 1971 ); and Elmon T. Gray, Senator ( 1971 – 1992 ).

In February 1912, Thomas Sopwith opened his Sopwith School of Flying and, that June, Sopwith, with several others, set up the Sopwith Aviation Company here, although their main premises were at Kingston upon Thames.

* The protagonists of both Tonio Kröger ( 1903 ) and Death in Venice ( 1912 ) are representations of Thomas Mann.

Forbes remained a backbencher for some time, but became the Liberal Party's Whip when party leader Thomas MacKenzie became Prime Minister in March 1912.

The works of German Thomas Mann had a huge impact in France as well, such as Death in Venice, published in 1912.