About the day » Thursday October 3, 1912Calender converter

• Aloijsius Joannes Rudolphus Antonius Maria van Heijst, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Helena Kuhl, Emmen
• Albertina Snippe, Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Albert Joseph Rehberger, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States († 1987)
• Anna Maria Keverkamp, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Anna Maria Keverkamp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Hermsen, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries, Kloosterveen (Smilde) († 1998)
• Albert Kremer, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2002)
• Adrianus Stefanus Verbrugge, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)

• Adrianus Antonius van Amstel (65), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Casimir Saladin (72), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Niclasina Budding (1), Echteld
• Cornelia Schoots (0), Tiel
• Antje de Wilde (57), Chicago Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Clazina Johanna Pieper (73), Haarlem
• Berend Jan Altena (67), Nolde
• Benjamin Franklin (Benny) BRYANT (50), Adair County Oklahoma U.S.A
• Adelaide Bailey (68)
• Antoon Debats (80), Holthees, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1901 » Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)
• 1905 » Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey († 1993)
• 1906 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author († 1997)
• 1908 » Johnny Burke, American songwriter († 1964)
• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)
• 1915 » Ray Stark, American film producer († 2004)
• 1916 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author († 1995)
• 1919 » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1921 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1996)

• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)

• 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.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.

The temperature on October 3, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.