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• Aurora Munoz, Tlachichila, Nochistlán de Mejía, Zacatecas, Mexico († 1992)
• Antonius Franciscus Maria (Toon) BEEKS, Valkenswaard (NL/NB) († 1992)
• Barend Reijersen, Putten († 1993)
• Antony Franciscus Maria Beeks, Valkenswaard († 1992)
• Adriana Helena van Bommel, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Anna Wilhelmina Schomaker, Braamberg († 2001)
• Adrianus Cornelis Griffioen, Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Heijst, Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1993)
• Achiel Plaisier, Veldegem († 1973)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Heijst, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)

• Albertus Kuperus (35), Enschede,Gemeente Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Jochems Boers (72), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Amelia Stubbe (74), Aartrijke,8211,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Maria Lennarts (27), Kerkrade
• Adriana Geuze (74), Poortvliet
• Annetje Jacobusdr Emmerzaal (87), Vierpolders, 3237, Nederland
• Albert Boers- (72), Emmen, Nederland
• Aaltje Smits (66), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Amelia (Amalia) STUBBE (74), Aartrijke
• Anna Maria van der Linden (67), Gemonde, NL

• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)
• 1920 » Josef Doležal, Czech race walker († 1999)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
• 1923 » Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer († 2018)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer († 1985)
• 1925 » Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player († 2009)
• 1925 » Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer († 2017)

• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)

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

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
• March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
• March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

The temperature on December 12, 1921 was between -3.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.