About the day » Tuesday August 6, 1912Calender converter

• de Maet, Assenede, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Wilbrink, Beekbergen
• Albertje Bron, Steenwijkerwold
• Agnes Jongen († 1995)
• Anna Kostelijk, Broek op Langedijk († 1970)
• Anna Jannetje Filius, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Huberdina Poulisse, Amsterdam († 1912)
• Albert Elzenga, Oudemolen, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertje Bron *, Steenwijkerwold
• Anna Cornelia Elisabeth Kruijsen, Oosterhout († 1968)

• Bernard Albert Wilken (69), Germantown, Clinton County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Schravesande (39), Rotterdam
• derk Boelens (9), Sleen
• Aukjen Pieters Bron (92), Lemsterland
• Catharina van Laarhoven (62), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Byron Harvey** Allred (Sr) (65), El Paso, El Paso, Texas
• Mostert, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Huijnen (48), Mheer, Margraten
• Bottje Hemstra (43), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Betsy Bierman (0), Coevorden (NL)

• 1908 » Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander († 1997)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)
• 1909 » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle († 2013)
• 1910 » Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor († 1982)
• 1910 » Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1911 » Constance Heaven, English author and actress († 1995)
• 1911 » Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman († 1989)
• 1911 » Norman Gordon, South African cricketer († 2014)
• 1912 » Richard C. Miller, American photographer († 2010)
• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)

• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
• December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

The temperature on August 6, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.