1912

1912 was notable as the year in which RMS Titanic sank.

On 10 April, the Titanic sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England. The Daniels family, following a warning delivered by a friend known only as the Doctor, cancelled their plans to travel on the ship. A photograph of the Daniels and the Doctor later came into Clive Finch's possession. (TV: Rose) The Ninth Doctor later remarked that he was on board an 'unsinkable' vessel, likely the Titanic, but it is not known if he was referring to the events captured in Clive's photograph, an incident involving the Seventh Doctor, or an event to which the Fourth Doctor made reference. (TV: The End of the World, PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird, TV: Robot)

On the 14th, the Titanic struck an iceberg as it crossed the North Atlantic Ocean. As the ship sank, the Seventh Doctor stopped Huitzilin from acquiring the Xiuhcoatl. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird) The Titanic sank in the early hours of the morningof the 15th. Over fifteen hundred people died. The Fourth Doctor assured Borusa he "had nothing to do with it." (TV: The Invasion of Time) The sinking was a major event in 20th century Earth history, and nearly a century later, Max Capricorn built a space-faring replica which nearly met a similarly tragic end on 25 December 2008. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)

Also on 15 April, Charlotte Pollard, a future companion of the Eighth and Sixth Doctors, was born to Lord Richard and Lady Louisa Pollard. (AUDIO: Neverland)

President Lecomte of Haiti was murdered by agents of Tancred Auguste. Auguste later moved Lecomte's body to the Presidential Palace and blew the building up to make it look as if Lecomte had perished in the explosion. Auguste seized power as president, but was himself soon assassinated. (PROSE: White Darkness)

Francis Wilberforce, Jr. was born. (AUDIO: The Wrong Doctors)

January

 * 3 - William Mervyn, who played Sir Charles Summer in TV: The War Machines, was born in Nairobi, Kenya.
 * 4 - Jack Le White (uncredited in TV: The Reign of Terror and TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) was born.

February

 * 13 - Jenny Laird (Neska in TV: Planet of the Spiders) was born.
 * 20 - Gerald Cross, who voiced a Megara in TV: The Stones of Blood, was born.
 * 28 - Mervyn Pinfield, a producer and director for Doctor Who, was born.

March

 * 14 - Hamilton Dyce (Scobie in TV: Spearhead from Space) was born.

April

 * 27 - Zohra Sehgal (Sheyrah in TV: The Crusade) was born. As of 2012, she is the oldest living Doctor Who actor.

May

 * 4 - Peter Bathurst, who played Hensell in TV: The Power of the Daleks and Chinn in TV: The Claws of Axos, was born in Woking, Surrey, England.
 * 23 - Marius Goring (Theodore Maxtible in TV: The Evil of the Daleks) was born.

June

 * 26 - John Bailey, who guested in several Doctor Who serials, was born.
 * 28 - Geoffrey Morris (Sabor in TV: Planet of the Spiders) was born.

July

 * 28 - Colin Douglas (Donald Bruce in TV: The Enemy of the World and Reuben in TV: Horror of Fang Rock) was born.

September

 * 2 - Jim Tyson, who played one of the tourists on the Empire State Building in TV: The Chase, was born.

October

 * 9 - Seymour Green (Hargreaves in TV: The Seeds of Doom and the Chamberlain in TV The Twin Dilemma) was born.
 * 30 - Preston Lockwood (Dojjen in TV: Snakedance) was born.

Unknown date

 * Jack Cunningham (the jailer in TV: The Reign of Terror) was born.
 * John Gill (Oak in TV: Fury from the Deep) was born.
 * Reg Lye (Griffin in TV: The Enemy of the World) was born.