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• Albertje Strockmeijer, Onstwedde,, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)
• Aaltje Timmers, Usquert
• Angela Paulina Cammaart, Hontenisse († 2001)
• Arnoldus, Vlagtwedde († 1912)
• Alida Maria BROERS, Alkmaar († 2003)
• Aleida Margaretha Huiskes, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schroth, Nijmegen (GLD), Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Groebbé, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Aaltje van Nuil, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1977)
• Aaltje Köhler, Utrecht

• Aagtje ZEEMAN (60), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Til (73), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Beeks (73), Zutphen
• Arendje (aka Arendina Dorsch) Dost (79), Uithuizen, province of Groningen
• Anna Maria Roelofs (78), Bemmel
• Adriana Theresia de Kok (59), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Soesman (47)
• Arnoldus (0), Vlagtwedde
• Amelia (Melanie) Meersschaut (82), Scheldewindeke
• Alexander Ignatz ENGLER, Berlin

• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1907 » John Lehmann, English poet and publisher († 1987)
• 1910 » Hector Dyer, American sprinter († 1990)
• 1911 » Joe McCluskey, American runner († 2002)
• 1913 » Barbara Pym, English author († 1980)
• 1913 » Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician († 2015)
• 1914 » Johnny Bulla, American golfer († 2003)
• 1915 » Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy († 1992)
• 1917 » Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director († 2006)
• 1918 » Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator († 1997)

• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (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 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• 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.
• July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
• November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

The temperature on June 2, 1912 was between 9.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.