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Born on Saturday January 20, 1912
- Aart Eskes, Montfoort († 1995)
- Adrianus Johannes Gijsbers, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1919)
- Adriaantje van den Berg, Pernis († 1996)
- Adriana van Eeuwijk, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
- Anna Maria van Stijn, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alida Agnes Maria Weber, Almelo-Stad, Overijssel, Nederland
- Alma Maria Sturm, Waterlandkerkje, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1944)
- Adriana Veldwijk, Watergraafsmeer († 1950)
- Adrianus Johannes Houtman, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
- Anna Maria Elizabeth Willemsen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
Died on Saturday January 20, 1912
- Andries Prinsse (58), Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alexander Birrell Simpson (46), Queensland, Australia
- Alberdina Wildvank, Dalfsen
- Adrianus van Veen (77), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Andries Kost (6), Exloërmond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
- Adrianus Zoon (2), Rinnegom, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham Jacob Hendrik de Jong (0), Alkmaar
- Adriaantje Tol (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Catharina Goedegebuure (6), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
- Adrianus Zoon- (2), Egmond-Binnen, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 20, 1912 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant
- Tilburgsche courant
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Het Centrum
- Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij
Born on January 20
- 1906 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate († 1975)
- 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)
- 1908 » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator († 2009)
- 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)
- 1910 » Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author († 1980)
- 1913 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic († 2006)
- 1915 » Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan († 2006)
- 1918 » Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2002)
- 1918 » Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist († 2013)
- 1920 » Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1993)
Died on January 20
- 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
- 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
- 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
- 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
- 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
- 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
- 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
- 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
- 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
- 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1912
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1912
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Antonia
- Margaretha
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1912
- 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 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
- 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.
- July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
- August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
- October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
- November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
The weather on Saturday January 20, 1912
The temperature on January 20, 1912 was between -2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI