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Born on Monday February 5, 1912
- Alexander Stempels, Utrecht,,Netherlands
- (Stillborn) VOS DE WAEL, Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands († 1912)
- Alida Cornelia Hinke, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1993)
- A.L. van Helmond, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
- 00 REINDER de Boer († 2004)
- Albert König, Biessum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1916)
- Aart Doornekamp, Hoogland († 1912)
- Anna Hendrika van BALLEGOOIJEN, Rotterdam
- Adrianus Simon Cornelis van der Valk, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- * Adrianus van Gilst, Rumpt († 2001)
Died on Monday February 5, 1912
- Agatha Maria Zoetmulder (70), Heemstede, NH, Nederland
- Albertje Houwing (44), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Adriana Van Wees (38), Loenen A/D Vecht, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anne Wagenaar (0), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
- Adriaan Braspenning (0), Besoyen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Elizabeth Rietveld (29), Rotterdam
- Anna Vermeulen (88), Haarlem
- Aleida Roosebeek (65), Doesburg, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Abraham van der Welle (62), Hoek
- Muis (0), Rotterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 5, 1912 at Delpher
Born on February 5
- 1908 » Daisy and Violet Hilton, English conjoined twins († 1969)
- 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)
- 1908 » Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress († 1932)
- 1909 » Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer († 1969)
- 1910 » Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic († 2007)
- 1910 » Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer († 2010)
- 1911 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor († 1960)
- 1914 » Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
- 1914 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1997)
- 1915 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
Died on February 5
- 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
- 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
- 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
- 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
- 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
- 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
- 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
- 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
- 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
- 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
Names that were popular for boys in 1912
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Arie
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1912
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Neeltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1912
- 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
- May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
- August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
- October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
- December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Weather February 5, 1912
The temperature on February 5, 1912 was between -15.6 °C and -3.8 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.