Editing 1912 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1912}}
* [[August 1]] &ndash; The [[Jungfrau Railway]] is inaugurated with the opening of the subterranean [[Jungfraujoch railway station]] in the [[Bernese Oberland]] of [[Switzerland]], [[Europe]]'s highest at {{convert|3450|m|ft}} above sea level.<ref>{{cite book|title=Switzerland's Amazing Railways|year=1958|publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons|location=London|first=Cecil J.|last=Allen|page=141}}</ref>
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[United States occupation of Nicaragua]]: [[U.S. Marines]] land from the [[USS Annapolis (PG-10)|USS ''Annapolis'']] in [[Nicaragua]], to support the conservative government at its request.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Robert F.|last=Zissa|title=Nicaragua, 1912|url=http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/nicaragua-1912|journal=[[Leatherneck Magazine]]|access-date=2011-11-01|date=July 1984|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007002112/http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/nicaragua-1912|archive-date=2012-10-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] &ndash; Sultan [[Abd al-Hafid of Morocco]] abdicates.
* [[August 21]] &ndash; The first [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)]] earns his rank.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; A [[1912 China typhoon|typhoon strikes China]], killing at least 50,000 people.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|title=The Worst Natural Disasters by Death Toll|year=2009|access-date=January 2, 2012|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/death_toll_natural_disasters.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607014203/http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/death_toll_natural_disasters.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>