About the day » Monday January 1, 1912Calender converter

• Adriaan Bakker, Texel († 1989)
• Adrianus Boots, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Albertje Koens, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Alida JohannaElsb Krikke, Haarlem
• Aagje BeSemer, Zwijndrecht
• Aleida Willems Steenbergen, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Holtman († 1993)
• Adriaan Bouwmeester, Voorhout
• Aaltje Noppert, Katernberg (Duitsland) († 1999)
• Alma Katherine Smith, Ohio († 1990)

• Adriaan Joosse (64), Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna van der Voort (77), unbekannt
• Albert Norder (57), Vlagtwedde
• Adrianus van Harten (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Cozijnsen (63), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anje Luurts Hoeksema (94), Appingedam (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Alida Cozijnsen (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje van Guilik (37), Ingen
• Arien Visser (83), Oudkarspel
• Anna Pieternella Scheepsma (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1909 » Dana Andrews, American actor († 1992)
• 1909 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician († 1959)
• 1911 » Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author († 1960)
• 1911 » Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1971)
• 1911 » Hank Greenberg, American baseball player († 1986)
• 1911 » Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator († 2012)
• 1912 » Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian († 1995)
• 1912 » Kim Philby, British spy († 1988)
• 1912 » Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent († 1944)

• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)

• 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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.

The temperature on January 1, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.