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• Anna Maria Yerna, Maastricht († 2003)
• Alonso d'Orléans, Madrid († 1936)
• Agnes Delrue († 2004)
• Alida Petronella Rodenburg, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaltje Cornelia Buntsma, Assendelft NH NL
• Andries Monkel, Huizum († 1982)
• Andreus Pieter Hogesteeger, Rotterdam († 1974)
• Alberdiena Borkent, Rijssen († 1988)
• Aleid Cornelis de Raad, Culemborg († 1987)
• Maria Adriana Denissen († 1936)

• Anna Paulina Adriana Cornelia IJssel de Schepper (69), Deventer
• Alfred Carl Noe (4), Queensland, Australia
• Albert Rijkeboer (33), Amsterdam
• "Georg Wilhelm" Christian Albert Edward Alexander Friedrich Waldemar Ernst Adolf von Hannover (31), Nackel, Allemagne
• Cornelis Keur (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Johanna Gulcher (18), Hilversum
• Adriaan van der Schriek (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelheid Burke Wolfe (63), Parijs
• Anna Maria Hubertina Ubben (77), Horn
• Cornelis BROUWER (46), Rotterdam

• 1908 » Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria († 1990)
• 1908 » Louis Daquin, French actor and director († 1980)
• 1911 » Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright († 1995)
• 1911 » Gardner Fox, American author († 1986)
• 1913 » Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer († 1996)
• 1913 » William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard († 2001)
• 1915 » Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Copley, English actor († 2008)

• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)

• 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 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
• March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

The temperature on May 20, 1912 was between 10.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.