About the day » Sunday March 3, 1912Calender converter

• "Marie" Jeanne Joseph Henriette Huens, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, Belghique († 1997)
• Alberdina Jekel, Groningen († 1989)
• Amelia Kortenhoeven, Cook County(Cook), Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Anna Renken († 1978)
• Aafje Groen, Egmond aan Zee († 1991)
• van Mourik, Rotterdam
• Albertus Wilhelmus Ten Oever, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alberdina Jekel, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alb. Lutz, Bretzingen († 1912)
• Albert Harry TUCKER, 11 Elizabeth Place, Clapham, Lambeth, Surrey († 1995)

• Charlotte Judy Douglas (57), Kensington, NSW, AU
• Beert Riphagen (0), Harderwijk
• Anna Catharina Baeten (43), Zonhoven
• Anna Regine Pfeiffer (27), Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany
• Adriaan Hinderikus Tekelenburg (61), Haren
• Aalbert Oudhof (90), Harmelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anthonius Pronk (0), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kempenaers (73), Essen, België
• Pannekoek (0), Amsterdam
• Anthonia Heijeriks (67), Zierikzee

• 1906 » Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic († 1991)
• 1911 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1982)
• 1911 » Jean Harlow, American actress († 1937)
• 1913 » Harold J. Stone, American actor († 2005)
• 1913 » Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1914 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor († 1973)
• 1916 » Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician († 2006)
• 1917 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic († 1952)
• 1918 » Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2007)
• 1920 » Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant († 1994)

• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)

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.
• March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• 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.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

The temperature on March 3, 1912 was between 5.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.