About the day » Wednesday June 5, 1912Calender converter

• Andreas Hendricus Eden van den Bergh, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Hendricus Eden van den Bergh, Utrecht
• Anna Margaretha van der Spelt, Steenbergen Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1998)
• Anna Steenhuis, Nieuwolda († 2003)
• Anna Gijsberta Rijkelijkhuizen, Oudewater, Groene Hart, Utrecht, Nederland († 1985)
• Agnes Barbara Fuchs, Marpingen, St Wendel, Saarland (D)
• Adriana Maria WILLEMS, Oirschot, 4059, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Adriana Martha Baas, Hoogland († 2000)
• Adriaan Morriën, velsen († 2002)
• Anna Gijsberta Rijkelijkhuizen, Oudewater († 1985)

• Adolph Hubert Steegs (48), Venlo
• Berendje Tuinstra (5), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Bartha Hagens (2), Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Corneli(u)s Luikaart (39), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• doodgeboren kind van den Heuvel (0), Oss
• Bernardus Lambertus Vermeij (1), Woerden
• Arij Verschoor (69), Vlaardingen
• Christina Larooij (89), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Hendriks Lok (24), Baarlo, Ambt Vollenhove
• Cornelia van Ginkel (2), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1905 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator († 1987)
• 1912 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author († 2003)
• 1912 » Eric Hollies, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1913 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic († 2000)
• 1914 » Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic († 2016)
• 1916 » Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1916 » Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1919 » Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator († 1994)
• 1920 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author († 1974)
• 1920 » Marion Motley, American football player and coach († 1999)

• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• 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.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• 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 5, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.