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Pope Francis liberates a pair of doves

Pope Francis liberates a pair of doves

Faithful offer Pope Francis a cage containing two doves during his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday.

Prince Harry visits New Jersey

Prince Harry visits New Jersey

Photos: Royal visits state's storm-damaged coastline, May 14, 2013.

Woman freed from collapse in Bangladesh

Woman freed from collapse in Bangladesh

Workers in Bangladesh rescued a seamstress buried in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days. The woman survived by eating dried food that was in her area and drinking spare amounts of water with her.

 
  • The RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
  • Paramount Pictures, the oldest American motion picture studio still in operation, is founded by Adolph Zukor in Hollywood, California.
  • Italian dirigles bomb Turkish positions on Libyan Territory. The Italian -Turkish war of 1911-1912 was the first in history in which air attacks (carried out here by dirigible airships).
  • Casimir Funk, a Polish biochemist, first discovers the concept of vitamins
  • January 17, 1912 – British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four reach the South Pole to find that Amundsen has beaten them to it. They will die on the return journey.
  • Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career (1890-1911), he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. One year after Young's death, the Cy Young Award was created to honor the previous season's best pitcher. Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for a century. Young compiled 511 wins, 94 ahead of Walter Johnson, who is second on the list of most wins in Major League history.
  • New Mexico becomes 47th state on January 6, 1912.
  • Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. The silhouette of a large saguaro stands at sunset in Saguaro National Park on the east side of Tucson, Arizona.
  • Wilson, who led the U.S. into World War 1, was also known for his peace-making efforts, particularly his advocacy of the League of Nations. He was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Fenway has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use.
 
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