About the day » Saturday September 21, 1912Calender converter

• Albert Howe Damon, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Alice Johanna de Graaff, Delhi Redwood County Minn († 1986)
• Anje Dijk, Siddeburen († 1999)
• aartje BESTEBREUR, oud-beijerland
• Allegonda Keus († 2000)
• Albertus Lambregts, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Albertje Koffeman, Urk († 1914)
• Andreas Johannes de Beurs, 'sGravenhage († 1993)
• Anna Petronella Reina Braam Ruben, Tilburg, Nederland
• Albert Howe Damon Jr, White Plains, Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1986)

• Catharina Alida Dudink (0)
• Cornelia Joanna Maria Bogers (42), Lepelstraat
• Clarence M van Zee (2)
• Nn Van Der Weide (0), Hollandscheveld
• Cornelis Vennix (67), Tilburg
• Bernardus Johannes Claassen (60), Zutphen
• Charles Michel Ernest Berryer (70), Liège
• Catharine Yorkston (62), Falkirk, Strlng., Sctl
• Anne McDonald (69), Hedgehope, New Zealand
• Antonius van Wakeren (0), Veenendaal, Nederland

• 1906 » Henry Beachell, American biologist and botanist († 2006)
• 1909 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana († 1972)
• 1910 » Meinrad Schütter, Swiss composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1912 » György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1916 » Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture († 2003)
• 1917 » Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic († 1968)
• 1918 » John Gofman, American physicist, chemist, and biologist († 2007)
• 1918 » Juan José Arreola, Mexican writer and academic († 2001)
• 1918 » Karl Slover, American actor († 2011)

• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1942 » John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)

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.
• January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• 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.
• November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
• November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on September 21, 1912 was between 2.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.