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Born on Friday October 11, 1912
Died on Friday October 11, 1912

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 11, 1912 at Delpher


Born on October 11
  • 1905 » Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur († 1999)
  • 1910 » Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic († 1997)
  • 1911 » Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver († 2003)
  • 1913 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator († 2011)
  • 1915 » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet († 2009)
  • 1916 » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist († 2010)
  • 1918 » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author († 2012)
  • 1918 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer († 1998)
  • 1919 » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader († 1990)
  • 1919 » Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor († 1942)

Died on October 11

Names that were popular for boys in 1912
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1912
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Adriana
  8. Catharina
  9. Hendrika
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Grietje
  13. Aaltje
  14. Geertruida
  15. Helena
  16. Neeltje

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.
  • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
  • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Weather October 11, 1912

The temperature on October 11, 1912 was between -1.9 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.

Source: KNMI