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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed
Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March
31, 1912 |
Milan-San
Remo |
Henri
Pelissier (Fra) |
289.7
km |
| April
1, 1912 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Charles
Crupelandt (Fra) |
266
km |
| May
19-June 2, 1912 |
Giro
d'Italia |
Team
Atala-Dunlop |
9 Stages,
2,444 km |
| June
30-July 28, 1912 |
Tour
de France |
Odila
Defrave (Bel) |
15 Stages,
5,319 km |
| September
15, 1912 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Omer
Verschoore (Bel) |
257
km |
| October
27, 1912 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Carlo
Oriani (Ita) |
Milan-Milan
235 km |
- New
Mexico- January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state
admitted to the United States.
- Arizona- February 14, 1912, Arizona became the 48th state admitted
to the United States.
- Boston,
Fenway Park- April 1912, baseball’s
Fenway Park opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Tour
de France- Henri Desgranges would struggle for year trying to
find ways
to encourage individual efforts for each racer.
In 1912 a furious La Francaise team abandoned the Tour
in protest. “All
the Belgians are riding together!” said an emotional
Lapize. Desgranges adopted the term “domistique” (a
rider hired to sacrifice individual goals and help with
the team effort) as a derogatory term in 1912.
- Republican
China- China became a Republic. Revolutionist Sun Yat-sen
and his associates began to outstrip the authority
of Parliament. Yuan revised the country’s constitution
at will and became very dictatorial. In August 1912,
Song Jiaoren founded a new political party the Kuomintang of China (KTM, the Nationalist Party of China). China proclaimed
itself a Republic.
- Balkan
Region- The 1st Balkin War was declared by the Balkans League (Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire.
Notable
Deaths-
April 15, 1912, on Her maiden voyage the RMS Titanic
sank after hitting an iceberg. Only 700 passengers
survived, more than 1,500 people died..
1911
1913
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