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• Adriaan van der Leek, Vlissingen († 1989)
• Arie van Bennekum, Ruurlo († 1997)
• Albert Dunning, Echten, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Arendina (Dien) WENTINK, Velp Gelderland Netherlands († 2009)
• Alexander Wilhelmus van Delen, Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Dood, Oostzaan († 1960)
• Albert Julius Peter Waldemar Stammeshaus, Kota Radja, Atjeh, Sumatra, Indonesia († 2005)
• Anna Cornelia Snoeck, Schellinkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Arthur Millard Hoover Sr († 1992)
• Albertus de Liefde, Hilversum

• Cornelia Kühn (3), Warmond, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Dimmendaal (37), Neede (Berkelland), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Peeters (55), Geel, 2440, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrianus Spaandonk (70), Hilversum
• Anna Tudor Tucker (71)
• Alida Margrita Gesina Slinger (62), Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Dimmendaal (37), Doorwerth (Gl)
• Allegonda Tijmensen (4), Leusden
• Antoon Kessels (81), Helden
• Antoon van Leijenhorst (0), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1909 » Osamu Dazai, Japanese author († 1948)
• 1909 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player († 1948)
• 1910 » Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist († 1982)
• 1910 » Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1910 » Sydney Allard, English race car driver, founded the Allard Company († 1966)
• 1912 » Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager († 2008)
• 1912 » Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress († 2005)
• 1913 » Helene Madison, American swimmer († 1970)
• 1914 » Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician († 2000)
• 1914 » Lester Flatt, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolin player († 1979)

• 1884 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)
• 1903 » Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)

• 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 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on June 19, 1912 was between 11.2 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.