About the day » Saturday August 3, 1912Calender converter

• Anton van Breenen, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1969)
• Andreas Gebhart Dekker, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1993)
• Angela Mary Culme-Seymour [[ChWikibio]] sss, England
• Albert KLINKERS, Mechelen-aan-de-Maas († 1999)
• Albertus Stephanus (bakker Bets) Schabbink, Hertme († 1978)
• Albertus Stephanus Schabbink, Zenderen,Gemeente Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1978)
• Antonetta Maria Petronella Fouchier, Tilburg († 1913)
• Alida Maria Waasdorp, Heemstede († 1983)
• Adriana Alida Vlaskamp, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Angela Mary CULME-SEYMOUR († 2012)

• Adrianus Maas (75), Teteringen
• Apolonia de Bakker (86), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Augustinus Josephus Wilms (5), Eindhout, België
• Berendina Haandrikman (69), Den Velde
• Berend Gellekink (73), Eibergen
• Cynthia Lapham (81), Marion, Marion County, Ohio, 43302, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Paaijmans (34), Vlijmen
• Cornelis Klaver (76), Spanbroek, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Pietersma (17), Rotterdam
• CLEMENCE - EUGENIE - MARIE DERVEAUX (60), Halluin, 59250

• 1907 » Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil († 1996)
• 1907 » Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
• 1909 » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator († 1971)
• 1911 » Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer († 1990)
• 1912 » Fritz Hellwig, German politician († 2017)
• 1913 » Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1916 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1916 » Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter († 1970)
• 1917 » Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1995)

• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

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 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.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on August 3, 1912 was between 6.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.