About the day » Thursday June 20, 1912Calender converter

• Abraham van Gijzen, Zuidland, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1968)
• Abraham van Gijzen, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Adrianus Johannes Oudhuis, Heerhugowaard († 1917)
• Abrham Hendrikus Korthuis, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1994)
• Albert Philipp Hirsch, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2004)
• Agnes Jessie Blabey († 2003)
• Agnes Adriana Otten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1954)
• Adrianus Joannes Nicolaas Bertens, Tilburg († 1997)
• Abraham Hendrikus Korthuis, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1994)
• Alice Govaert, Blankenberge, België († 1986)

• Hendrikx, Zundert
• Antje Lagerweij (78), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida (Aaltje) Kamman (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Lagerweij (78), Amerongen
• Allegonde Elisabeth van Hilten (75), Amsterdam
• Anna BROERE (40), Dordrecht
• Alexander Charles Robert "Alastair" VANE-TEMPEST-STEWART
• Arend Dijkstra (0), Leeuwarden
• Anna Thecla Alida Vos (80), Haarlem
• Antje Nieboer (51), Oostmahorn

• 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1909 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor († 1959)
• 1910 » Josephine Johnson, American author and poet († 1990)
• 1911 » Gail Patrick, American actress († 1980)
• 1912 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author († 2004)
• 1912 » Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player († 1969)
• 1914 » Gordon Juckes, Canadian ice hockey player († 1994)
• 1914 » Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic
• 1915 » Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach († 2002)
• 1915 » Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter († 1994)

• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)

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.
• February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
• October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

The temperature on June 20, 1912 was between 13.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.