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Born on Sunday January 21, 1912
- Adriaan Dirk Bras (Adri) Bras, dordrecht († 1981)
- Albert van den Belt, IJsselmuiden {OV}
- Albertus Lindhout, Rijnsburg († 1912)
- Aaltien Veenema, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
- Adriaan Rijken, Capelle
- (Andries) Schure ter, Steenwijkerwold, Ov, Nederland
- Aagje Annigje Blokland, Rotterdam († 2000)
- Albertus Floris de Raadt, Heemstede († 1995)
- Aaltje Bijkerk, Steenwijk († 1993)
- Agnes Wilhelmina Johanna Maria Olsthoorn, Kethel en Spaland († 1957)
Died on Sunday January 21, 1912
- Aaltje Bouwes VAN DER MEULEN (57), Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands
- Antonia Hendrika Veen (77), Hilversum
- Anna Marie HAIVERLAIN (HAIVERLING-HEVERLAIN) (70), Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
- Aaltje Bouwesd MEULEN (57), Friesland, Nederland
- Johannes Balvert (20), Nieuwkoop
- Antonia Kamperman (56), Terwolde {GE} (gem Voorst)
- Arie Van Der REE (62), Numansdorp
- Albarta Hommersom (3), Rotterdam
- Aaltje Willems van het Hooge (78), Ambt Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overrijssel, The Netherlands
- Arie van der Ree (63), Numansdorp, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 21, 1912 at Delpher
Born on January 21
- 1909 » Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer († 1970)
- 1909 » Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor († 2004)
- 1910 » Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington († 2011)
- 1910 » Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer († 1975)
- 1910 » Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter († 1976)
- 1910 » Rosa Kellner, German athlete († 1984)
- 1911 » Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler († 2003)
- 1911 » Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager († 2003)
- 1912 » Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
- 1915 » André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician († 1998)
Died on January 21
- 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
- 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
- 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
- 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
- 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
- 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
- 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
- 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
- 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
- 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
Names that were popular for boys in 1912
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Arie
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1912
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Aaltje
- Helena
- Neeltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1912
- 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.
- March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
- June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
- October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
- October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
- November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
Weather January 21, 1912
The temperature on January 21, 1912 was between -0.6 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.