About the day » Thursday August 1, 1912Calender converter

• Angela Müller, Volkach, Untere Zwingergasse 4 († 1974)
• Albertus Kruisbeek, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Arie Mors, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Ângelo Nicodemo, Botelhos, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Arend Haak, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1971)
• Arthur A. Amick, New Enterprise, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1989)
• Aaltje Wilms, Ilpendam († 2001)
• Antonia Johanna Middelwaart, Langbroek
• Antonia Johanna Hulsebosch, Haarlem, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Verkuijlen, Dinther († 1987)

• Aagje Aaltje van Driel (9), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Barthena Dyer Savage (64), Muscotah, Atchison, Kansas
• Aaltje Huizinga (60)
• Adrianus AMBAGTSHEER (35), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aardje Hendrika de Krieger (58), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Bekelaar (0), Budel
• Adrianus DOEDEIJNS (55), Leiden
• Cornelia van Egmond│Vermae (3), Zegwaard (=Ztm)
• Abraham Sprunger (75), Berne, Adams, Indiana, United States
• Bartje Doeksen (11), Terschelling-Kinnum

• 1910 » Gerda Taro, German war photographer († 1937)
• 1910 » James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1910 » Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer († 2003)
• 1911 » Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist († 1985)
• 1912 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia († 1979)
• 1912 » Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic († 1994)
• 1912 » Henry Jones, American actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator († 2015)
• 1914 » J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1914 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer († 1997)

• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)

• 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 1 » The Republic of China is established.
• January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

The temperature on August 1, 1912 was between 9.3 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.