About the day » Saturday November 2, 1912Calender converter

• Anneke van Vuuren († 2010)
• Alfonso Senior Quevedo, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia († 2004)
• Adriaan van Tatenhove, Vrouwenpolder Zeeland († 1982)
• Aart Jan Roeland Bronkhorst, Hoven
• Annie KINGSLEY, Eriksdale, Manitoba, Canada († 2009)
• Albertje Garlich, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Clara de Jong, Iowa, USA, VS († 2006)
• Anna Geertruida Klein, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aafke van der Molen, Uithuizen
• Aart Coenraad Cornelis De Hooge

• Aart Van LUIJCK (85), Rotterdam
• Berta Maria van Item (49), Oisterwijk
• Arthur Cyrillus Lagast (34), Oostende
• Berta Maria Berta van Item (49), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Akke Oenes de Groot (90), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Kockx (59), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Upper (19), Barsbeek (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Aafje Eelman (64), Texel
• Benjamin van der Meer (49), 's-Gravenzande
• Barend Mandema (81), Delfzijl

• 1908 » Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player († 1942)
• 1908 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer († 1983)
• 1910 » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior († 1999)
• 1911 » Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1911 » Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, philosopher, and theorist († 1995)
• 1913 » Burt Lancaster, American actor († 1994)
• 1914 » Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager († 1997)
• 1914 » Ray Walston, American actor († 2001)
• 1915 » Sidney Luft, American film producer († 2005)
• 1917 » Ann Rutherford, American actress († 2012)

• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)

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. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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.
• January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• 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.
• November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on November 2, 1912 was between 2.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.