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June 1912Died on Saturday June 1, 1912
- Arij Verhage (0), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
- Carolina Maria Josefina Langenhoff (53), Arnhem
- Christiaan Bakker (0), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
- Antonius Adrianus HEERINGS (2), Heeze (NL/NB)
- Antonius Maria van Beijnen (24), Baardwijk
- Chatarina Johanna Koch (74), Rotterdam
- Caroline Henriette Wagner (90), Wellington, New Zealand
- Catharina Christina Gemis (56), Velm, België
- Annigje Vredeveld (36), Beilen
- Annigje VREDEVELD (36), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
Born on June 1
- 1907 » Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine († 1996)
- 1907 » Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher († 1977)
- 1908 » Julie Campbell Tatham, American author († 1999)
- 1909 » Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-Israeli philologist and linguist († 1971)
- 1910 » Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary († 1996)
- 1912 » Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer († 1987)
- 1913 » Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician († 2007)
- 1915 » John Randolph, American actor († 2004)
- 1916 » Jean Jérôme Hamer, Belgian Cardinal († 1996)
- 1917 » William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
Died on June 1
- 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
- 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
- 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
- 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
- 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)
- 1938 » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
- 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
- 1941 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
- 1943 » Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
- 1943 » Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
Names that were popular for boys in 1912
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Gerardus
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.
- April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
- April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
- July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
- November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
- November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
The weather on Saturday June 1, 1912
The temperature on June 1, 1912 was between 9.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI