About the day » Monday January 1, 1912Calender converter

• Amy Holladay, unbekannt
• Albertus Pieter Gerrit van der Ree, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Bakker, Texel († 1989)
• Alice Ruiter, South Holland Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Alida Maria van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 1999)
• Aaltje Martina van Tol, Rotterdam
• Albertje (Ally) Koens, Emmen, Nederland († 2004)
• Abraham van de Goorbergh, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1985)
• Aaltje Idema, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)
• Alida JohannaElsb Krikke, Haarlem

• Alida Cozijnsen (63), Amsterdam
• Adriana Moerland (84), Vlissingen
• Anje Luurts Hoeksema (94), Appingedam
• Arie Leendert Bracht (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Anthonia Everdina Veenendaal, van (70), Utrecht Utr. NL
• Ann Amelia Dennison (86), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna van der Voort (77), unbekannt
• Albert Norder (57), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Ruijssenaars (79)
• Arie Droog (82), Polsbroek, Lopik, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1909 » Dana Andrews, American actor († 1992)
• 1909 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician († 1959)
• 1911 » Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author († 1960)
• 1911 » Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1971)
• 1911 » Hank Greenberg, American baseball player († 1986)
• 1911 » Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator († 2012)
• 1912 » Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian († 1995)
• 1912 » Kim Philby, British spy († 1988)
• 1912 » Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent († 1944)

• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

The temperature on January 1, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.