About the day » Wednesday December 4, 1912Calender converter

• Adriaan Eland, Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1971)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Oomen, Ammerzoden,Gelderland,Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Maria Tonus, Nijmegen († 1914)
• Alton James Hofstad, Minnesota († 1995)
• Alida van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• van de Wege, Groede, Zeeland, Nederland († 1912)
• Adrianus Weezenbeek, Oberweisse (Dui)
• Anna Hubertina Stassen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Ann Lee Cole, Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Henry Co., MO († 1980)
• Alida van der Plas, Katwijk († 1972)

• Adriana Theodora Harks (3), Strijp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie DE BOEF (0), Poederoijen
• Alexander Hoppe (79)
• Adrianus Takken (0), Bovenkarspel
• (stillborn son) DEELEN (0), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• (77)
• Verwoert (0), Opheusden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje Van Der Mije (71), Zandvoort
• Anna Maria BUS (85), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van Groeningen (76), Polsbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1910 » Alex North, American composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1910 » R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 2009)
• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)
• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

• 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).
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.

The temperature on December 4, 1912 was between 1.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.