About the day » Monday April 12, 1920Calender converter

• Adrianus Hendrikus Balemans, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Alberta Johanna Wilhelmina Klink, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1992)
• Ada Lillian SYKES, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia († 2001)
• Albert Koster, Oosterhesselen, Coevorden, Drenthe, The Netherland († 1978)
• Anna Egberdina Ottes, Haren († 2012)
• Adriana Wijkhuizen, Haarlem, NH, Nederland († 1982)
• Antonius Gerardus van Gastel, Terheijden, Noord Brabant († 2001)
• Antonius Hubertus (Toon) Drent, Venlo, Nederland († 1985)
• Antonius Hubertus Drent, Venlo († 1985)
• Albert Harmen Lentz, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)

• Anna Bernadina Wösten (13), Erika, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Maria Benard (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony de Neui (57), Avon, South Dakota
• Adriana Wijnolts (16), Zaandam
• Adriana Nouwen (3), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Anna Dina - Anna Bernhardina Wösten (13), Erika, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriana van den Enden (79), Mijnsheerenland,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Antonia de Beer (78), Loon op Zand
• Anna Maria Baartmans (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Marie Somers COCKS (67), 33 Dover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

• 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)
• 1923 » Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2004)

• 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)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
• April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
• August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on April 12, 1920 was between 7.0 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.