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• Agnes Jongen († 1995)
• Anna Maria Zondag, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1975)
• Anna Catharina BRANDENBURG, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1984)
• Albertha Hendrika Meijer, Heerde († 2007)
• Anna Maria Zondag, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Helena Wiertz, Amsterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Dalemans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Aaltje Oedses Odolphie († 1989)
• de Maet, Assenede, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Catharina Brandenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)

• Catharina van Meggelen (90), Groningen
• derk Boelens (9), Sleen
• Bernard Albert Wilken (69), Germantown, Clinton County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van den Hoek (74), Lopik
• Anna Maria Huijnen (48), Mheer, Margraten
• Catharina van Laarhoven (62), Loon op Zand
• Aaltje van den Hoek (74), Lopik
• Albartha Wilhelmina Hempenius (86), Ermelo
• Anna Isabella van As (56), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Schravesande (39), Rotterdam

• 1908 » Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander († 1997)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)
• 1909 » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle († 2013)
• 1910 » Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor († 1982)
• 1910 » Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1911 » Constance Heaven, English author and actress († 1995)
• 1911 » Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman († 1989)
• 1911 » Norman Gordon, South African cricketer († 2014)
• 1912 » Richard C. Miller, American photographer († 2010)
• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)

• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
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.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

The temperature on August 6, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.