About the day » Friday May 12, 1905Calender converter

• Adriana Blaak, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Adam E Diehl, Pennsylvania († 1989)
• Alfred Napoleon Plouf, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Agnes Maria Dirks, Helmond († 1973)
• Anna Cools, Eindhout, België († 1978)
• Anna Malka Hildagonda Segond Von Banchet, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Abraham Martinus van Veen, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Antoinetta ROSSEAU, Antwerpen, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgie († 1978)
• Adriana Roks, Etten Leur
• Anje Poelman, Scharmer, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Kramer (70), Ilpendam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Joosten (0), Velsen
• Adriaantje van Gelder (66), Ridderkerk
• Anna van Schie (86), Wassenaar, Netherlands
• Abraham Koogje (10), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Zundert (18), Etten-Leur, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Bertha Schiffelers (18), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham van Houte (78), Breskens
• Anna (Antje) Kramer (70), Ilpendam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wallerbosch (86), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1900 » Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress († 1971)
• 1901 » The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player († 1986)
• 1903 » Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII († 1969)
• 1903 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor († 1991)
• 1905 » Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada († 1994)
• 1907 » Katharine Hepburn, American actress († 2003)
• 1907 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1908 » Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist († 1986)
• 1910 » James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive († 2004)
• 1910 » Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname († 2010)

• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on May 12, 1905 was between 5.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.