About the day » Tuesday June 12, 1906Calender converter

• Alphonsia Maria de WAART, Amsterdam
• willem holst, amsterdam
• Andreas Johannus Antonius Maria Aangenendt, Ginneken
• Anje Bouwman, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 2000)
• Anna Alberta Weijburg, Utrecht († 1996)
• Anna Alberta Weijburg, Utrecht († 1996)
• Aleida Christina Schols, Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Anje Bouwman, Groningen († 2000)
• Anna Celina Baudry, Astene, 9800, Oost Vlaanderen, België († 1906)
• Alice Rottmann, Kempen

• Anna Maria Gertrudis de Mönnink (0), Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Kikkert (63), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arie Klaase (62)
• Benedictus EESTERMANS (1), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Baaltje de Jong (75), melissant (goeree overflakkee)
• Anna de Grauw (33), OOSTERHOUT NOORD BRABANT
• Adrianus Baars (15), Wageningen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria WISSINK (6), Alton, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• * Gijsbertus van Bijnen (30), Vught
• Antonie van Egdom (0), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent († 1973)
• 1905 » Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player († 1988)
• 1906 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet († 1977)
• 1908 » Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster († 1988)
• 1908 » Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer († 1975)
• 1910 » Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and author († 1992)
• 1912 » Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1993)
• 1912 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic († 1961)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 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 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.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.

The temperature on June 12, 1906 was between 10.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.