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Died on Wednesday February 14, 1912
- Agnes Billekens (65), Sevenum,, Limburg, Nederland
- Albertina Maria Dedeyne (0), Zwevezele, Wingene, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
- Adriana Bartels (82), Etten-Leur, Gemeente Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Pereboom (81), Zwartsluis
- Alice Weeks (28)
- Antonie ten Hoeve (65), Zutphen
- Andreas Jozef Groot (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- ? van Hijum (0), Dantumadeel
- Adolphus "Duffy" ROOSE (51), Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
- Aaltjen Pereboom (81), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 14, 1912 at Delpher
Born on February 14
- 1911 » Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician and inventor († 2009)
- 1912 » Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author († 1988)
- 1913 » James Pike, American bishop († 1969)
- 1913 » Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader († 1975)
- 1913 » Mel Allen, American sportscaster († 1996)
- 1913 » Woody Hayes, American football player and coach († 1987)
- 1916 » Edward Platt, American actor († 1974)
- 1916 » Marcel Bigeard, French general († 2010)
- 1916 » Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer († 1996)
- 1916 » Sally Gray, English actress and singer († 2006)
Died on February 14
- 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
- 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
- 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
- 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
- 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
- 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
- 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
- 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
- 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
- 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
Names that were popular for boys in 1912
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1912
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Antonia
- Margaretha
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1912
- 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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
- July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
- October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
- October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
- November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
The weather on Wednesday February 14, 1912
The temperature on February 14, 1912 was between 0.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI