Timeline November 1912

Events in November 1912 4

• 1912 Woodrow Wilson elected U.S. President Democrat wins a three-way race Woodrow Wilson wins the U.S. presidential election on 5 November 1912, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, who split the Republican vote by running as a Progressive. Wilson's victory ushers in a period of progressive domestic reform ahead of the First World War.
• 1912 – 1982 Eleanor Powell (1912-1982) American dancer and actress, considered the greatest female tap dancer of film.
• 1912 Eleanor Powell born in Springfield, Massachusetts Eleanor Powell is born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
• 1912 – 2008 John Templeton (1912-2008) Died 8 July 2008, aged 95 American-born investor and philanthropist who pioneered global mutual fund investing through the Templeton Growth Fund. He later devoted his fortune to the Templeton Foundation, which funds research at the intersection of science and religion.