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September 28, 1912
On September 28, 1912, the Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
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Featured · September 28, 1912
The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant, commonly known as the Ulster Covenant, was signed by nearly 500,000 people on and before 28 September 1912, in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill for Ireland introduced by the British Government in the same year.
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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 September 28, 1912
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1912 The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill. 1912 petition opposing Irish Home Rule
Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant, commonly known as the Ulster Covenant, was signed by nearly 500,000 people on and before 28 September 1912, in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill for Ireland introduced by the British Government in the same year.
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1912 Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. First enlisted American to die in an aircraft crash (1883–1912)
Frank S. Scott was a United States Army corporal who died during his second enlistment, aged 28, in an aircraft crash. As the first enlisted American to die in an aircraft incident, Scott was memorialized multiple times.
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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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