About the day » Monday January 8, 1912Calender converter

• Aaltje Kortman, Balderhaar, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Giessen, Nieuwkuijk († 1912)
• Amelia van Kranenburg, Utrecht
• "Rudolf" George Escher, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Alvin Gander, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Annigje Teunisse, Rotterdam
• Albert Wardenier, Weststellingwerf
• Anna van Marsbergen, Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1992)
• Aafje Mantel, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Adrianus Ham, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Anna Cornelia Boons (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Christianus DROOGH (4), Zegwaart,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Austin William Kleinsmid (38), San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
• Antje Libbes Kloosterman (40), Drogeham
• Andries Abes van Asperen (61), Bon Homme County South Dakota
• Berend Harms ten Kaat (80), Meppel
• Andrew James Murray (32), Bedford, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• de Jong, Arkel
• Annetje Wesdijk (71), Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Wesdijk (71), Abbenbroek Gemeenlandsedijk 130

• 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)

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.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• 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 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
• December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.

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.