About the day » Saturday November 2, 1912Calender converter

• Adriaan Hendrik Jacob Johan George Poetiraij, Saparua, Nederlands-Indië († 1972)
• Aalbert Stek, 's Gravenhage
• Abraham Pieter Sintnicolaas, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• "Jeanne" Pauline Sirgue, Assiout, Egypte († 1998)
• Agatha Droog, Oude Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Hoefman, Schiedam
• Annie KINGSLEY, Eriksdale, Manitoba, Canada († 2009)
• Aart Coenraad Cornelis De Hooge
• Alfonso Senior Quevedo, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia († 2004)
• Albertus Westendorp, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland

• Aaltje Vuijk (91), Haarlem
• Benjamin van der Meer (49), 's-Gravenzande
• Albert Elsen (70), Mortsel B
• Antonij Eggink (62), Zutphen
• Arthur Cyrillus Lagast (34), Oostende
• Berta Maria Van Item (49), Oisterwijk
• Aafje Eelman (64), Texel
• Antonij Eggink (62), Zutphen
• Auke de Vries (85), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bejamin Pel (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands

• 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. 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.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

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.