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The following events occurred in July 1912:

July 7, 1912: The Automat opens, introduces "fast food"
July 30, 1912: Emperor Meiji dies after 44 years of transforming Japan into a major world power.
July 7, 1912: Harry Houdini escapes handcuffs, leg irons, and an underwater coffin

July 1, 1912 (Monday)

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Harriet Quimby

July 2, 1912 (Tuesday)

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Governor Woodrow Wilson

July 3, 1912 (Wednesday)

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July 4, 1912 (Thursday)

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The wreck of Lackawanna Train Number 9
 
48-star version of the United States flag

July 5, 1912 (Friday)

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  • In the second fatal American railroad crash in two days, 26 people were killed and 29 injured when a freight train rear-ended a passenger train on the Ligonier Valley Railroad near the resort town of Wilpen, Pennsylvania.[30] Most of the victims were women and children, who were returning home after a day at the Wilpen Fair Grounds.[24]
  • The first International Radiotelegraph Convention was signed in London. It would be replaced in 1927 by the Radiotelegraph General Convention.[31]

July 6, 1912 (Saturday)

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July 7, 1912 (Sunday)

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Postcard of a woman getting coffee at Horn & Hardart Automat on Broadway, New York City

July 8, 1912 (Monday)

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July 9, 1912 (Tuesday)

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July 10, 1912 (Wednesday)

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July 11, 1912 (Thursday)

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July 12, 1912 (Friday)

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July 13, 1912 (Saturday)

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  • The United States Senate voted 55–28 to remove William Lorimer from his post as U.S. Senator from Illinois, after determining that his election by the Illinois Senate had been secured by corruption.[56] Lorimer would earn what a U.S. Senate historian[who?] called "the dubious distinction of being the last senator to be deprived of office for corrupting a state legislature."[57]
  • Dr. Théodore Tuffier, a surgeon in France, performed the first successful surgery for aortic stenosis on a human patient, an unidentified man from Belgium. The operation went so well that the man was able to return home twelve days later, and was still doing well eight years later. The next procedure to treat narrowing of the aortic valve did not take place again until 36 years later.[58]
  • The weekly newspaper Al-Hilal, published by Indian Muslim activist Abul Kalam Azad to persuade Urdu-speaking Muslims to join in the move to gain independence from the United Kingdom, made its first appearance.[59]

July 14, 1912 (Sunday)

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July 14, 1912: Ken McArthur at the entrance to Stockholm Olympic Stadium.

July 15, 1912 (Monday)

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Lázaro in his final race
  • Died: Francisco Lázaro, 24, Portuguese Olympic athlete, died one day after collapsing from hyperthermia while running in the marathon at the Olympics in Stockholm, becoming the first casualty of the modern Olympic games. Lazaro had covered large portions of his body with grease to prevent sunburn, but overheated and was unable to perspire, creating a fatal electrolyte imbalance. He fell after running 30 kilometres (19 mi) of the 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) race, as his body temperature climbed to 41 °C (106 °F).[67] (b. 1888)

July 16, 1912 (Tuesday)

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July 17, 1912 (Wednesday)

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July 18, 1912 (Thursday)

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July 19, 1912 (Friday)

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  • In the Italo-Turkish War, Turkish defenders sank two Italian torpedo boats with cannon fire after a fleet of eight Italian boats attempted to block the entrance to the Dardanelles.[74]
  • Albanian rebels agreed to a truce with Ottoman troops, after the Ottoman government agreed to send a commission of Parliament to investigate grievances in the Ottoman province.[1]
  • A large meteorite streaked over the town of Holbrook, Arizona, at 6:30 pm local time, and then exploded, showering an area six miles eastward with more than 15,000 pieces. Based on the fragments recovered, the meteor was estimated to weigh more than 400 pounds.[75][76]

July 20, 1912 (Saturday)

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July 21, 1912 (Sunday)

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July 22, 1912 (Monday)

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July 23, 1912 (Tuesday)

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  • The first automatic telephone exchange in the United Kingdom, replacing human operators on switchboards, was inaugurated in London by the General Post Office with a system capable of handling 1,500 lines.[83]

July 24, 1912 (Wednesday)

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  • An earthquake measuring 7.0 in magnitude rocked the Piura region in Peru, killing 101 people.[84]
  • The First International Congress on Eugenics convened in London, with 400 delegates from twelve nations.[85] Major Leonard Darwin, one of the sons of Charles Darwin, presided over the Congress, and told delegates that "The unfit amongst men are now no longer necessarily killed off by hunger and disease, but are cherished with care, thus being enabled to reproduce their kind, however bad that may be... the effect likely to be produced by our charity on future generations is, to say the least, but weakness and folly."[86]
  • The United States Senate approved creation of a territorial legislature for Alaska, a single chamber of 16 members.[1] The bill would be signed into law on August 24.[87]
  • Died: Emma Cons, 74, British activist, early promoter of women's suffrage, theater manager of The Old Vic in London (b. 1838)[citation needed]

July 25, 1912 (Thursday)

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Grand Duchess Marie-Adelaide

July 26, 1912 (Friday)

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July 27, 1912 (Saturday)

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July 28, 1912 (Sunday)

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July 29, 1912 (Monday)

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July 30, 1912 (Tuesday)

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  • The Emperor Meiji, also called Mutsuhito, died at 12:43 am after a 44-year reign as Emperor of Japan, during which the nation rose from isolationism to become a world power. Crown Prince Yoshihito of Japan was proclaimed as the Emperor Taishō after the death of his father.[100] In Japanese history, the event marked the end of the Meiji era and the beginning of the Taishō era.
  • The report of the British Court of Inquiry on the sinking of the Titanic, signed by the Chairman Lord Mersey, was presented to British Parliament after hearing testimony from 97 witnesses over 38 days. The Court concluded that the cause of the disaster "was due to collision with an iceberg, brought about by the excessive speed at which the ship was being navigated."[101] On the same day, the first of the 710 Titanic survivors died, 21-month-old Mary Nakid, of meningitis. Millvina Dean, 16 months younger, would be the last survivor, dying on May 31, 2009.[102]
  • The ministry of the Ottoman Grand Vizier Ahmed Muhtar Pasha survived a vote of confidence by a margin of 113–95.[1]
  • Died: Juan Gualberto González, 61, President of Paraguay from 1890 to 1894 (b. 1851)[citation needed]

July 31, 1912 (Wednesday)

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