About the day » Monday December 2, 1912Calender converter

• Anna Helena van der Aa, Valtermond Odoorn († 1955)
• Allert Jan SMIT, Groningen
• Alettinus van der Beek, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Albert Andrew BYARD, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2007)
• Alice Marie Oostendorp, Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Adrianus Cornelis Blaakenburg, Dongen
• Adriana Johanna Mondriaan, Den Haag
• Albertje OOSTING, Oosterhesselen,, NEDERLAND
• Anthonia Johanna Hogenes, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Adriana Wijmans, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 2004)

• Anna Helena Soetermans (83), Stramproy
• Antonius Theodorus van Uden (1), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine Rebecca Foy (64), Richfield, Sevier County, Utah
• Anton Hermanus Goede (65)
• Catharina van Eijkelenborg (31), Utrecht
• Antje Adriana Noordzij (0), Rotterdam
• Antonij de Jong (77), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van der Linden (76), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Valkenburg (26), Rheindahlen /D
• Catherine Rebecca Foy Blackburn (64), Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States

• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)
• 1912 » George Emmett, English cricketer and coach († 1976)
• 1913 » Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1914 » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer († 2002)
• 1914 » Bill Erwin, American actor († 2010)
• 1915 » Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan († 2016)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

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.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• 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.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

The temperature on December 2, 1912 was between -1.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.