page_title: May 1912
section_title: May 23, 1912 (Thursday)
hierarchical_section_title: May 1912 / May 23, 1912 (Thursday)
caption_attribution_description: English: From left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, king Gustav V of Sweden, and king Christian X of Denmark. From the meeting of the three Scandinavian kings at Malmö, Sweden in December, 1914. Norsk bokmål: Fra venstre: Kong Haakon VII av Norge, kong Gustav V av Sverige og kong Christian X av Danmark. Fra trekongemøtet i Malmö i Sverige i desember 1914
context_page_description: The following events occurred in May 1912:
context_section_description: The Hamburg America Line's SS Imperator was launched from the Vulcan Shipyards Hamburg as the world's largest ship. Kaiser Wilhelm himself christened the new ship, and almost suffered a serious injury in the process. As the ship moved down into the water, a large block of wood fell from the side, "missing the kaiser's head by only a few inches".
  For the first time since the 10th century the three Scandinavian Kings came together. Brothers Christian of Denmark and Haakon of Norway were at Roskilde, Denmark for the funeral of their father, the late Frederick of Denmark, and were joined by Gustaf of Sweden.
  U.S. President William Howard Taft dispatched the U.S. Marines to Cuba to protect Americans there during racial warfare.
  Born: 
  Jean Françaix, French composer, known for compositions includes films scores for Napoléon and If Paris Were Told to Us, in Paris (d. 1997)
  John Payne, American actor, known for roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the television Western The Restless Gun, in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
caption: Haakon, Christian and Gustaf
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