About the day » Saturday July 20, 1912Calender converter

• Aletta Louise Voorhees, Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States († 2002)
• Andries Bosma, Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Alberta Adriana Meeske, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus (Janus) Hellemons, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Albert Boycott, Rotherham, Yorkshire West Riding
• Agnes Maria Anna Kerstens, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aleida Vijge († 1992)
• * Fenna Maria Mulder, Winschoten
• Alida Johanna Kappen, Nijkerk († 1999)
• Alida Maria Douma, Amsterdam († 1986)

• Christina Linders (18), Beugen
• Arnoldus Willem Maria Elbertse (0), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Constantinus Vanderhaegen Vanderhaeghen (81), Wingene, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Barend van Wijk (2), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Rietema (88)
• Constantinus Vanderhaegen (81), Wingene
• Christoffel Holewijn (88), Gameren, Nederland
• "Louise" Marie Angélique Clément de Givry (61), Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
• Berend Willem Berenschot (82), Winterswijk
• Charles Johannes Jacobus van Malm (66), Harderwijk

• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)
• 1909 » Eric Rowan, South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1910 » Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer († 2004)
• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1911 » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)
• 1914 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician († 2005)
• 1914 » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist († 2018)
• 1914 » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal († 2013)
• 1918 » Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer († 2006)

• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)

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. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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.
• January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on July 20, 1912 was between 7.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.