About the day » Saturday April 12, 1919Calender converter

• Allen DOCKERY, Murphy Cherokee County North Carolina U.S.A († 2018)
• Adrianus Wouter van Breukelen († 1919)
• Aaltje Bos, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen († 2013)
• Bertha Clara Cardon, Dudzele († 2005)
• André Joseph WAVREILLE, Chênée, 62023, Liège, Belgique († 1963)
• Albert Koekkoek, Hoogeveen nederland († 1993)
• Bob Honhoff, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Anna Donkers, Boekel († 2000)
• Annigje Kikkert, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 1921)
• Baijens Augustinus, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)

• Abraham van Tergouw (1), Utrecht, Nederland
• ANNA MARIA VAN DEN STEENHOVEN (72), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Aleida Engelina te Braake (79), Aalten
• Annie (34), Armstrong, Texas, United States
• Geert Streuding (94), Holte
• Aart Lamme (77), Landsmeer
• Aafje Speksnijder (28), Bodegraven, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Mannetta Dorgelo (33), Brummen
• Adolf willem Noah (45), Amsterdam
• Albert Ibbenhorst (0)

• 1916 » Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic († 2007)
• 1916 » Beverly Cleary, American author
• 1916 » Russell Garcia, American-New Zealander composer and conductor († 2011)
• 1917 » Helen Forrest, American singer and actress († 1999)
• 1917 » Robert Manzon, French racing driver († 2015)
• 1917 » Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer († 1978)
• 1919 » Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader († 1991)
• 1919 » István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator († 2012)
• 1921 » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician († 1978)
• 1922 » Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia († 1980)

• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)

• 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.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
• June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
• June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.

The temperature on April 12, 1919 was between 7.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.