1912
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1912 ('MCMXII) was the 12th year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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Art and culture
Literature
- Flaubert und seine Versuchung des heiligen Antonius by Theodor Reik
- Bebuquin by Carl Einstein
- Handbook of Sexology Vol. 1 by Iwan Bloch
- Memoirs of an Amnesiac, memoirs by Erik Satie
Film
- The Cameraman's Revenge, a film by Ladislas Starevich
Visual art
- 1912 Futurist exhibition
- Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, a painting by Marcel Duchamp
- September Morn, a painting by Paul Chabas
Births
- John Cage (1912 - 1992)
- Georges Franju (1912 - 1987)
- Northrop Frye (1912 - 1991)
- Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956)
- Lawrence Durrell (1912 - 1990)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (1912 - 2007)
- Samuel Fuller (1911 - 1997)
Deaths
- Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 – 1912)
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