| 1  | 1912  | - 1912: North Sea - The Sinking of the Titanic: 1,515 people lose their lives.
 
- 1912: UK - Parachutes Invented
 
- 1912: UK - Piltdown Man, the 'Missing Link,' Discovered but later revealed as a fraud
 
- 1912: SOS Accepted as Universal Distress Signal
 
- 1912: UK - Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
 
- 1912: UK - The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole.
 
- 1912: USA - Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy
 
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