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Born on Wednesday October 12, 1904
- Ale Jouke Nicolas Streicher, Den Helder
- Aart Verkaik, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Aleida Maria de Winter, Deventer († 1954)
- Alfred Jacobus Wilhelm Hanschke, Leiden († 1968)
- Alfons Maurits Moerman, Sint-Michiels,,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgiâ´
- Aaltje Berber van der Veur, Groningen († 1998)
- Adrianus van der Donk, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1904)
- Adrianus Franciscus Klabbers, Heumen († 1904)
- Adriana van der Zalm
- Aaltje van der Horst, Kampen († 1989)
Died on Wednesday October 12, 1904
- Albert Van Der Kaap (67), Groningen
- Antje Heijm (75), Stompwijk
- Adriaantje Arisse van Mastbergen (87), Cromstrijen (Numansdorp) (Zuid Holland)
- Andries van Leeuwen (4), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Carl Ludwig SCHMITZER (77), EUPEN, Liège, Belgique
- STUNNENBERG (0), Opheusden
- Adriaantje MASTBERGEN (87), Numansdorp
- Albert Kaap (67), Groningen, Nederland
- Andrew Dickey (94), Parke, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
- Adrianus Johannes van Looij (26), Haarlem
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 12, 1904 at Delpher
Born on October 12
- 1903 » Josephine Hutchinson, American actress († 1998)
- 1904 » Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator († 1986)
- 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)
- 1906 » Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
- 1906 » John Murray, American playwright and producer († 1984)
- 1906 » Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1988)
- 1908 » Ann Petry, American novelist († 1997)
- 1908 » Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1991)
- 1910 » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic († 2013)
- 1910 » Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator († 1985)
Died on October 12
- 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
- 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
- 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
- 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
- 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
- 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
- 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
- 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
- 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
- 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
Names that were popular for boys in 1904
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1904
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Christina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1904
- 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
- February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
- February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
- April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
- October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
The weather on Wednesday October 12, 1904
The temperature on October 12, 1904 was between 1.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI