About the day » Friday December 6, 1912Calender converter

• Alfred Schnell, Vreeland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1969)
• Alida Waterman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Waterman († 1945)
• Aaltje Siebenga, Jubbega († 1966)
• Reuser, Tiel († 1912)
• Adrianus Gomarus van Lier, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Angela Nathalia VERNIERS, Zaffelare († 1992)
• Adriana den Hollander, Aarlanderveen
• Antje RITSKES, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Schagen († 1912)

• Maria Schellevis (41), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Berend Smit (77), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaldrik Panjer (0), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Allegonda Johanna Maria Cornelia Aarts (47), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Hoodze (82), Arnhem,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Afra Hof (41), Tuitjenhorn
• Antonia Terhaerdt (59), Pannerden, Nederland
• Annechien Jans Mulder (91), Veendam
• Mol (52), Hollandscheveld
• Catharina Lenaerts (65), Zichen-Zussen-Bolder (B)

• 1908 » Baby Face Nelson, American gangster († 1934)
• 1908 » Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician († 2000)
• 1908 » Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner († 2000)
• 1908 » Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation († 2003)
• 1909 » Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1909 » Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader († 2002)
• 1910 » David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1913 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host († 2005)
• 1914 » Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer († 1999)

• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)

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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

The temperature on December 6, 1912 was between 0.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.