About the day » Monday January 8, 1912Calender converter

• Anna Maria Chatfield, Malden, Massachuset
• Aafje Mantel, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Annigje van der Woude, Kerkenveld
• Albert Wardenier, Weststellingwerf
• Aart Erné, Vleuten († 1999)
• Adriana Johanna Hagenaars, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anna Giessen, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• Aafje Mantel, Enkhuizen († 1912)
• Alfred Esk, Iowa († 1976)
• Aaltje Kortman, Balderhaar, Overijssel, Nederland

• Andries Abes van Asperen (61), Bon Homme County South Dakota
• Beerd Doornewaard (38), Oldebroek
• Adrianus van Dijk (19), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje van den Eijk (87), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annetje Wesdijk (71), Abbenbroek Gemeenlandsedijk 130
• Barend van den Nieuwen Amstel (65), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• de Jong, Arkel
• Berend Jan SCHOLTEN (3), Zutphen, NDL
• Aagtje Hubert (78), Hasselt gem. Zwartewaterland Ov. NL
• Berend Jan Scholten (3), Zutphen

• 1908 » Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman († 1996)
• 1909 » Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet († 1995)
• 1909 » Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1909 » Evelyn Wood, American author and educator († 1995)
• 1909 » Willy Millowitsch, German actor, director, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1910 » Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina († 1998)
• 1911 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author († 1970)
• 1912 » José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1912 » Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General († 2014)
• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)

• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)

• 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 1 » The Republic of China is established.
• 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.
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

The temperature on January 8, 1912 was between -1.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.