About the day » Thursday January 12, 1922Calender converter

• Boyd Ray Labrum, Cedarview, Duchesne County, Utah, United States († 2013)
• Adrianus Moerkerken († 1987)
• Adrianus Simon (Aad)) Bol († 2011)
• Couwenberg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Elizabeth den Ouden, Rotterdam († 2004)
• Adrianus Antonius van Berkel, Voorhout († 1985)
• Bartus Bouman, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Annie Postma, Bolsward († 2019)
• Ketelaar, Drouwenermond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1922)
• Aubrey van Wyck Gould, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2007)

• Antonius Franciscus Kannegieter (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Arie Sluijter (34), Maassluis
• Alice Emma Moses (78), 14 South Street, W.1
• Antonia Verhagen (55), Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anthonie van de Beek (78), Montfoort
• Antonius Josephus Henebiens (67), Tilburg
• Antonia Verhagen (57), Made en Drimmelen
• Antonius Wilhelmus Seijkens (4), Schiedam
• Abraham Monas (83), Amsterdam
• Anna Carolina LAUREYSSENS (77), Oostmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1917 » Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1917 » Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2007)
• 1920 » James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality († 1999)
• 1920 » Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic († 2009)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian († 1994)
• 1923 » Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima († 1955)
• 1924 » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman († 1998)
• 1925 » Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor († 1990)
• 1926 » Morton Feldman, American composer and academic († 1987)
• 1926 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)

• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Margaretha
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• March 18 » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
• April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
• May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
• June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.

The temperature on January 12, 1922 was between 0.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.