Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912
Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane - a Benoit pusher biplane
Kazimierz Funk identifies vitamins
In 1912:
1912 Electric traffic light
The modern electric traffic light is an American invention. As early as 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah, policeman Lester Wire invented the first red-green electric traffic lights
Inventions in 1912
27th President:
William
Howard Taft
March 4th 1909 - March 4th 1913
Republican
1912 Mercer Raceabout
Photo: Steve Nicklas
The average house cost $5,935
Equivalent today: $138,148
The average car cost $690
Equivalent today: $16,061
The average wage was $564
Equivalent today: $13,128
1912 First to the South Pole
Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole in 1912
Photo: Mld74
