About the day » Wednesday October 2, 1912Calender converter

• Anna Schütte, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Anna Maria Petronella Abeelen van den, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland († 1970)
• Anna Maria Beck, Burladingen (Baden-Württemberg), Duitsland († 2015)
• Alida Mather, Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hage, 's-Gravenhage
• Annigje Kuiper, Emmen
• Aaltje Gereke van Santen, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 2000)
• Aaltje Maria Logtenberg, Apeldoorn († 2008)
• Anna Mendell, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• André Leon Vandermeersch, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1912)

• Ada P Dearborn (57), Melbourne, Mendocino County, California, United States of America
• Aleida Maria de Ruiter (0), Herwen en Aerdt
• Albert Harms van der Weide (51), Emmen
• abraham PRIESTER (62), 's-heer arendskerke
• Anna Maria van Luijk (85), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Geertruij Schaars (55), Deventer
• Anna Rokx (17), Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van Woerden (77), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Zegers (50)
• Arend Wietzes Visser (0), Den Hoorn, Leens, Groningen, Nederland

• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
• 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)
• 1914 » Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian († 1998)
• 1914 » Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer († 1952)
• 1915 » Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma († 2015)
• 1917 » Charles Drake, American actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

• 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 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.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 October 2, 1912 was between 3.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.