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• Aaltje Moes, klazienaveen
• Abraham Hendrikus Korthuis, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1994)
• * Helena Johanna Peijnenburg, Dordrecht († 1962)
• Aaltje Best, Helpman ( Haren ) († 1913)
• Adriana Suzanna Scheele, Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1940)
• Alice H. Metelmann, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois († 1981)
• Adriaantje Breugem, Kethel en Spaland
• Agnes Adriana Otten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1954)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Vlugt, Voorhout († 1986)
• Abraham van Gijzen, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)

• Adriana Magdalena van Steenderen (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Kolling (64), Stratum
• Arend Dijkstra (0), Leeuwarden
• Anthonie Braakman (37), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• anna BROERE (40), dordrecht
• Antje Annesd Annema (91), Opsterland =Beetsterzwaag, fr.nld
• Andreas MELISSEN (71), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Allegonde Elisabeth van Hilten (75), Amsterdam
• Aartje Spee (30), Tiel
• Adriana Maria Kolling (64), Stratum

• 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1909 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor († 1959)
• 1910 » Josephine Johnson, American author and poet († 1990)
• 1911 » Gail Patrick, American actress († 1980)
• 1912 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author († 2004)
• 1912 » Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player († 1969)
• 1914 » Gordon Juckes, Canadian ice hockey player († 1994)
• 1914 » Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic
• 1915 » Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach († 2002)
• 1915 » Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter († 1994)

• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)

• 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 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on June 20, 1912 was between 13.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.