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January 17, 1912
On January 17, 1912, british polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
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Featured · January 17, 1912
British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–13.
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The year in brief
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th…
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On January 17, 1912
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1912 British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912)
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–13.
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Other moments from 1912
- April 10 RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, UK, on her maiden and only voyage.
- April 14 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
- April 15 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
- April 16 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- April 17 Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
- April 18 The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
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