About the day » Tuesday June 12, 1917Calender converter

• Bert Saris, Hegelsom († 1987)
• Clara Belle Coolbaugh, Martin County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Catharina Antonia Maria Elias, Tilburg († 1917)
• A.M(Aleida) Kroeze, Langeveen (Tubbergen) († 1992)
• Arend Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1917)
• Adriana MEEUWSE, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1929)
• Aleida Maria Kroeze, Langeveen († 1992)
• Cornelis Hubertus (Kees) Koster, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Akke Johannes Helmus, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Berendina Gerharda Peezenkamp, Hengelo († 2022)

• Anna Verloop (71), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Lutz (11), Bretzingen, Hardheim
• Aaltje Engeles Gerritsma (81), Haskerland
• Aldert Wilbrink (1), Uithuizen
• Aafke Huizinga (74), Appingedam,, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Johannes Lodevicus Heerius (0), Leeuwarden
• Aldert Wilbrink (1), Uithuizen
• Andries Hetebrij (78), Vollenhove, Stad
• Aaltje Engeles Gerritsma (81), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alle Jacobs (Albert) de Vries (72), Leavenworth, Kansas, Verenigde Staten

• 1914 » William Lundigan, American actor († 1975)
• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman († 2017)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 1916 » Irwin Allen, American director and producer († 1991)
• 1916 » Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona († 2015)
• 1918 » Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic († 2001)
• 1918 » Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect († 1999)
• 1918 » Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer († 2001)
• 1919 » Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator († 2004)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on June 12, 1917 was between 14.2 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.