About the day » Tuesday August 20, 1912Calender converter

• Anna Alida Peetoom, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Margaretha Maria van Mosseveld, Dongen († 1993)
• Altea Madeleine Delprat, Johannesburg (Zuid-Afrika)
• Albert Jan op de Haar, Venebrugge († 1912)
• Anna Schoen, Zaandam,Zaanstad,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Agatha Mechtildis Sevriens, Echt († 1989)
• Albertus Marianus Berghorst, Heerde (Horsthoek)
• Adrianus Cornelis Stok, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Alberdina Kaptein, Armour, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Anna Gesina Fischer, Barger Oosterveld, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)

• Elisabeth Hester Ermerins (81), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Ellender Clarkston (78), Locke, Crawford, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Johannes Mensing (84), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anje Laning (35), Schildwolde
• Cordelia F Goodin Edwards (67), Hopkins, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
• Adriaan Theune (0), Arnemuiden
• Anje Laning (35), Schildwolde,Groningen,Netherlands
• Albert Kamper (0), Urk
• Arendje de Kuijper (74), Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Dymphna VANDEROSTYNE (0), Loppem,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE

• 1906 » Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player († 1981)
• 1908 » Al López, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1909 » Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player († 1978)
• 1909 » André Morell, English actor († 1978)
• 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)
• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)

• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)

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. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.

The temperature on August 20, 1912 was between 9.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.