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• Catharina van Zundert, Etten-Leur, Nederland († 2010)
• Bannie Alice Statzer, Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Albertje Zwolle, Steenwijkerwold († 1924)
• Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Truggelaar, Gorinchem († 1973)
• Beulah 'Boots' Haselton, Marion, Washington, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Adrianus Antonius Antonius, Hooge Mierde († 1994)
• Steensma, Sint Maarten, Gemeente Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Augustinus Abraham Verstraten, Schoondijke († 1983)
• Carlos Zanota de Castro Neves, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2000)
• Catharina Gerarda Theodora (Toos) KERSTEN († 2003)

• Aagtje OUDENDIJK (71), Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Enzerink (89), Zutphen, Gld, The Netherlands
• Agneta Harriet Yorke (80)
• Anne Teunis Algra (72), Suawoude, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agneta Harriet (80)
• Aleida Johanna BEKKERS (1), Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• agnes petronella goertz (55), venlo
• * Johannes (overgrootvader DS en Boekdrukker schilder, 2x getrouwd geweest) 1858 Stuurman (60), Haarlem Groot Heiligland 38
• Anna Maria (Veringa) Feringa (58), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Christina Kamphorst (8), Ede

• 1915 » Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1917 » Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records († 1969)
• 1917 » Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1918 » Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic († 1989)
• 1918 » Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician († 2012)
• 1921 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman († 2001)
• 1921 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer († 1986)
• 1922 » Jack Kerouac, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1922 » Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader († 1999)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
• May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

The temperature on March 12, 1919 was between 7.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.