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• Albertus Gerardus Lablans, Amsterdam († 1995)
• Alma Drost, Kray, Duitsland († 2004)
• Abraham Rijnberg, Sint Annaland,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alle Smit, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen
• Aafje Dorreboom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Jacobs Severein, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Jonge, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Aleida Elizabeth Clara Verdaasdonk, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Adrianus van Loon, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Abram Schellevis, Sommelsdijk († 1983)

• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Esveld (0), Ter Aar (Kerkbuurt)
• Bastiaantje Elisabeth in 't Veld (73), Dordrecht
• Annecie LEPERLIER (3), L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE
• Antje van der Boom (78), Haarlem
• Alida Maria Koelemeijer (0), Leiden
• Antonius Martina Elisabeth de Vries (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Kersbergen (73), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• * Wilhelmus (Willem) Pullens (58), Baardwijk
• Antje van der Boom (78), Haarlem
• Aaltje Kos (Kossen) (67), Limmen

• 1909 » Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman († 1991)
• 1910 » Jane Wyatt, American actress († 2006)
• 1910 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore († 1970)
• 1911 » Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer († 1993)
• 1912 » Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1913 » Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1914 » Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter († 1981)
• 1915 » Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer († 2007)
• 1916 » Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot († 2012)

• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)

• 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.
• February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

The temperature on August 12, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.