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The following events occurred in August 1912: ==August 1, 1912 (Thursday)== *Alfred A. Cunningham of the United States Marine Corps made his first solo flight, after 2 hours and 40 minutes of instruction, of an airplane, becoming the first U.S. Marine pilot.〔Edwin H. Simmons, ''The United States Marines: A History'' (Naval Institute Press, 2003) p87〕 *The ''Yuaikai'', later called the ''Nihon Rōdō Sodomei'' or Japan Federation of Labor, was founded by Bunji Suzuki. At its peak, it would have 100,000 workers in its ranks.〔David John Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'' (Volume 2) (M.E. Sharpe, 1997) p389〕 *A train accident at Rio de Janeiro killed 10 and injured 50.〔''The Britannica Year-Book 1913: A Survey of the World's Progress Since the Completion in 1910 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1913) pp xxxiii-xxxvi〕 *The Progressive Party announced that it would not allow African-Americans from Southern states to be delegates at its organizing convention in Chicago, with the approval of former President Roosevelt. Roosevelt emphasized that from Northern states, "there would be a number of negro delegates; more, in fact, than ever before figured in a National convention".〔"Roosevelt Men Bar Southern Negroes", ''New York Times'', August 2, 1912; "Roosevelt Insists He's Negro's Friend", ''New York Times'', August 3, 1912〕 *Born: Frank K. Edmondson, American astronomer, in Milwaukee (d. 2008) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「August 1912」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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