I recently learned that it can take up to two years to traditionally publish a book, so this got me thinking about subjects that would be of interest in two years. I decided that any event celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2012 would be a great subject to start working on today.
So, here's my list of important people and events that took place in 1912. Perhaps this list will help you will get an idea for your next book.
Jan. 1, 1912 - Republic of China established by Sun Yat-sen
Jan. 4, 1912 - The Scout Association incorporated
Jan. 5, 1912 - 1st National Hockey Association game
Jan. 6, 1912 - New Mexico becomes the 47th US State
Jan. 12, 1912 - Bread and Roses strike (American labor union)
Jan. 13, 1912 - Oakland, MD. state record - minus 40 degrees F
Jan. 17, 1912 - Robert Falcon Scott and 3 others reach South Pole
Jan. 30, 1912 - Francis Schaeffer born (philosopher)
Feb. 2, 1912 - Frederick Law parachutes from Statue of Liberty
Feb. 10,, 1912 - Joseph Lister died
Feb. 12, 1912 - China adopts Gregorian calendar
Feb. 14, 1912 - Arizona admitted as 48th US State
Mar. 1, 1912 - first parachute jump from moving airplane, Albert Berry
Mar. 1, 1912 - first woman detective appointed in NYC - Isabella Goodwin
Mar. 7, 1912 - Roald Amundsen "discovers" South Pole
Mar. 7, 1912 - Henri Seimet, first non-stop flight from Paris to London, 3 hours
Mar. 12, 1912 - Girl Scouts of the USA founded by Juliette Gordon Low
Mar. 17, 1912 - Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick
Mar. 23, 1912 - Wernher von Braun born (physicist)
Mar. 23, 1912 - Dixie cup invented
Mar. 27, 1912 - Cherry blossom trees planted in Wash., D.C.; gift from Japan
Mar. 29, 1912 - members of Scott Expedition to South Pole die
Apr. 6, 1912 - Electric starters in cars
Apr. 12, 1912 - Clara Barton dies (nurse)
Apr. 15, 1912 - Titanic sinks
Apr. 16, 1912 - Harriet Quimby, first woman to fly across English Channel
Apr. 16, 1912 - Royal Ontario Museum established
Apr. 17, 1912 - 1st unofficial gold record - Al Jolson's "Ragging the Baby to Sleep"
Apr. 20, 1912 - Tiger Stadium opens, Detroit; Fenway Park opens
May 5, 1912 - 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden
May 6, 1912 - Suffragettes parade in NYC
May 7, 1912 - Plans approved for Pulitzer Prize established by Joseph Pulitzer
May 18, 1912 - Detroit Tigers strike in protest of Ty Cobb suspension
May 23, 1912 - World's largest ship, SS Imperator is launched in Hamburg
May 29, 1912 - 15 women fired for dancing during lunch break at Curtis Publishing
May 30, 1912 - Wilbur Wright dies (aviator)
June 5, 1912 - Marines land in Cuba
June 8, 1912 - Universal Pictures incorporated
July 14, 1912 - Woody Guthrie born (musician)
July 17, 1912 - Art Linkletter born (TV)
July 19, 1912 - Meteorite explodes over Holbrook, Arizona
July 30, 1912 - Beginning of the Taisho era in Japan
July 31, 1912 - Milton Friedman born (Economist)
Aug. 5, 1912 - Bull Moose Party (progressives) established
Aug. 15, 1912 - Julia Child born (French chef)
Aug. 20, 1912 - William Booth dies (Salvation Army founder)
Aug. 23, 1912 - Gene Kelly born (actor)
Aug. 24, 1912 - Alaska Territory organized
Aug. 25, 1912 - Chinese nationalist party founded
Aug. 26, 1912 - Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends
Aug. 27, 1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"
Sept. 3, 1912 - World's first cannery opens in England
Sept. 25, 1912 - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism founded, NYC
Sept. 27, 1912 - 1st Blues Song: "Memphis Blues," W. C. Handy
Oct. 7, 192 - Helsinki Stock Exchange - 1st transaction
Oct. 8, 1912 - 1st Balkan War begins
Oct. 14, 1912 - Theodore Roosevelt shot while campaigning
Oct. 16, 1912 - Boston Red Sox defeat New York Giants in 1912 World Series
Oct. 25, 1912 - Minnie Pearl born (comedian)
Oct. 26, 1912 - Woolwich Tunnel opens
Nov. 5, 1912 - Woodrow Wilson wins election over William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt
Nov. 28, 1912 - Albania declares independence from Ottoman Empire
Dec. 7, 1912 - Queen Nefertete bust found in Egypt
Dec. 16, 1912 - 1st US Postage stamp picturing airplane
Dec. 20, 1912 - Piltdown Man found by Charles Dawson, later discovered to be hoax
Dec. 23, 1912 - 1st "Keystone Kops" film
Dec. 23, 1912 - Aswan Dam begins operation
Other events in 1912:
Theory of continental drift by Alfred Wegener
William Randolf Hearst begins to acquire his media empire
Radio Act of 1912
10 Most Popular US Films released in 1912 according to IMDb.com:
What Katie Did
From the Manger to the Cross
Richard III
Quo Vadis?
Cleopatra
Tradgardsmastaren (The Gardener)
Independenta Romaniei (The Independence of Romania)
The Mummy
What Happened to Mary
Oliver Twist
10 Most Popular Books published in 1912:
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
De Toverberg by Thomas Mann
Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
Other popular 1912 authors: Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, E. Nesbit, Baroness Orczy, Saki, H.G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Carl Jung
Music of 1912:
"The Memphis Blues" published by W.C. Handy
"Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band" by Irving Berlin
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary"
"When Irish Eyes are Smiling"
"1912: waitin' on the levee"
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