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• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes Obels, Roosendaal († 2013)
• Adeline Depersia, New York City (All Boroughs), New York, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Alberdina Holman, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2012)
• Alida Verkerk, Rotterdam, ZH, NL (Eleonorastraat ) († 1919)
• Bertha Elisabeth Baeten, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk († 1953)
• Binne van der Meer, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Carel Jan de Bree, enschede
• Alida Verkerk, Rotterdam († 1919)
• Beatrice Stanton, Rural Grove, New York († 2005)
• Aaldert Hofman, Brummen, Nederland († 2000)

• Anna Grutters (59), Gennep
• Aleida Gerharda Roffelsen (33), frederiksoord
• Aaltje Kornelis Dutmer (70), Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aukje Kornelis Mulder (65), Emmen
• Adrianus van den Hurk (0), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthon Diederich Stumphius (54), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Dijk (71), Musselkanaal, NL-GR
• Antonie Biekens (78), Vught
• Aukje MULDER (65), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arthur Thomas (5th Baron Ravensworth) Liddell (82), Chester Le Street, Durham, England

• 1915 » Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic († 1980)
• 1916 » Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic († 2000)
• 1916 » Paul Emery, English race car driver († 1993)
• 1917 » Jo Stafford, American singer († 2008)
• 1919 » France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1920 » Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1922 » Kim Hunter, American actress († 2002)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist († 1951)
• 1923 » Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer († 2017)
• 1923 » Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar († 2013)

• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
• May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
• June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
• November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.

The temperature on November 12, 1919 was between -4.8 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.