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March 12, 1912
On March 12, 1912, the Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
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Featured · March 12, 1912
The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
Girl Guides are organisations within the Scout Movement, originally and largely still for girls and women only, with distinct names, emblems, programs and other characteristics. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom, following which, Girl Guide organisations were formed in other countries.
Around 1912
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 March 12, 1912
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1912 The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. Organisations for girls and young women
Girl Guides are organisations within the Scout Movement, originally and largely still for girls and women only, with distinct names, emblems, programs and other characteristics. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom, following which, Girl Guide organisations were formed in other countries.
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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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