About the day » Wednesday June 5, 1912Calender converter

• Anna Gijsberta Rijkelijkhuizen, Oudewater († 1985)
• Adolphine van Renesse van Duivenbode, Batavia
• Anna Margaretha van der Spelt, Steenbergen
• Anna Maria Christina Leunen, Zepperen, België
• Albertje Steen, Gramsbergen († 1994)
• Adriana Hopman, Castricum
• Anna Goris, Retie / Belgie († 2006)
• Aartje Hendrika Budding, Rietveld
• Adriana Geertruida Gouweloos, Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 2007)
• Anna Margaretha van der Spelt, Steenbergen Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1998)

• Apolonia Timmers (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stoer (74), Arnhem, Nederland
• Carel Hoogendoorn (63), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Molenaar (71), Loosduinen
• Carel Kuip (56), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Brons (79), Arnhem, prov. Gelderland
• Cornelia Bakker (0), Harderwijk, Nederland
• Charles Lockaby (41), Pope, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Bartha Hagens (2), Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Apolonia Timmers (71), Amsterdam

• 1905 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator († 1987)
• 1912 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author († 2003)
• 1912 » Eric Hollies, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1913 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic († 2000)
• 1914 » Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic († 2016)
• 1916 » Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1916 » Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1919 » Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator († 1994)
• 1920 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author († 1974)
• 1920 » Marion Motley, American football player and coach († 1999)

• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
• October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on June 5, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.