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Born on Friday August 12, 1921
- Apolonia Verplancke, Leiden
- Anna Margaretha Duran, Den Haag († 1976)
- Andrea Bertha Maria Vermeer, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1960)
- Anna Ruiter, Coevorden, Drente, Nederland († 2001)
- Miner († 2006)
- Adriaan (André) Meerman, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2009)
- Aart van Triest, Utrecht († 1945)
- Anna Maria Susanna Kosse, Slagharen († 2023)
- Arend van Dalen, Hoogeveen († 1993)
- Albertus Carolus Schroth, Nijmegen (GLD), Nederland († 1923)
Died on Friday August 12, 1921
- Auguste Baptiste PEAN RIGOT (77), Mamers, 72180, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
- Aart Hendrik van Steenis (0), Waardenburg
- Catharina van der Heijden (82), Rosmalen
- Aagje Boom (30), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alberta Jager, Zuidlaren
- Blain Gensel (0), Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
- cornelia de REUS (49), schiedam
- Anderson Hopper (84), Riverside, Riverside, California, Verenigde Staten
- Allegonda Wilhelmina van Breugel (0), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Dirks Huisman (0), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 12, 1921 at Delpher
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Voorwaarts : sociaal-democratisch dagblad
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Het Centrum
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
Born on August 12
- 1918 » Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1944)
- 1918 » Sid Bernstein, American record producer († 2013)
- 1919 » Margaret Burbidge, English-American astrophysicist and academic († 2020)
- 1919 » Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic († 1971)
- 1920 » Charles Gibson, American ethnohistorian († 1985)
- 1920 » Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter († 1984)
- 1922 » Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright († 1987)
- 1922 » Miloš Jakeš, Czech communist politician
- 1923 » John Holt, Jamaican cricketer († 1997)
- 1924 » Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 2007)
Died on August 12
- 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
- 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
- 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
- 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
- 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
- 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
- 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
- 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
- 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
- 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
Names that were popular for boys in 1921
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
- Maria
Names that were popular for girls in 1921
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Antonia
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1921
- 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 6.9 million citizens.
- January 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
- January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
- September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
- September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
- December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
The weather on Friday August 12, 1921
The temperature on August 12, 1921 was between 8.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI