About the day » Wednesday October 12, 1921Calender converter

• Adam Fredrikus Petrus KLEISTERLEE, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• elisabeth maria hubertina (lies) rutten, neeritter
• Berendina Hendrika Vijge, Epe-Oene, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Dirk Pureveen, Soest († 2016)
• Cornelus Leonardus den Brok, Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Aaltje Dijkstra († 1986)
• Catharina Judith Cristina Crama, Leiden († 1979)
• Albertus Antonius Timmerhuis, Geesteren († 1921)
• Elisa Francisca van den Heuvel, Deurne († 2007)
• Cornelia Gerarda van Boxtel, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1921)

• Almarinda Edwina Love (51)
• Arie Blaauw (70), Nieuwer Amstel
• Arie Blaauw (70), Nieuwer Amstel
• Alberta Wilhelmina Korndewal (0), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Hendrik Putman Cramer (46), Soerabaya
• Albert Steen (59), Ruinerwold
• Anna Mechtildis Peulen (77), Geulle, Meerssen
• Alida Meijer (85), Delft
• Aagje van den Tempel (73), schiedam (zuid holland)
• Albertus van de Vorstenbosch (80), Schijndel, Meierijstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1919 » Doris Miller, American chef and soldier († 1943)
• 1919 » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières († 2007)
• 1920 » Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia († 1987)
• 1921 » Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby († 2010)
• 1921 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player († 2001)
• 1921 » Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist
• 1922 » William H. Sullivan, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines († 2013)
• 1923 » Goody Petronelli, American boxer, trainer, and manager († 2012)
• 1923 » Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers († 2015)
• 1924 » Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician († 2011)

• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)

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

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

• 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.
• March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
• May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

The temperature on October 12, 1921 was between 10.4 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.