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• Kin Carolus Josephus Adrianus, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Afton Dorothea Hill, Churchill, Cassia, Idaho, United States († 2011)
• ALIDA JOHANNA HOOGERWERF, VLAARDINGEN († 2014)
• -levenloos- kind van Francois(*1871) Harinck, Goes († 1921)
• Albertus Johannes Aalders, Amsterdam, prov. Noord Holland († 1993)
• Aartje van der Linden, Rotterdam
• Senden Zenden, Voerendaal
• Abraham Christiaan Paardenkooper († 1994)
• Abraham Vermaat, Heinenoord († 2011)
• Albert Schrikkema († 1979)

• Adriaan Petrus PRETORIUS (65), Brandwacht, Standerton
• Aagje IJzerman (85), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Van Den Broeck (68), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• n.n. de reus, schiebroek
• Alice Abbey (50), Forestville, Chautauqua, New York, United States
• Adrianus Smeele (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Abraham Garrett (71), Clinton County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Albertje Doppenberg (82), barneveld
• Anna Liebrand (1), Silvolde
• Andries Klok (0), Ambt Hardenberg

• 1917 » Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1917 » Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1918 » Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1918 » Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Forrest Tucker, American actor († 1986)
• 1920 » Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist († 2005)
• 1922 » Hussein Onn, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1923 » Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician († 2019)
• 1925 » Sir Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician († 1984)
• 1925 » Joan Mitchell, American-French painter († 1992)

• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)

• 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.
• February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
• March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
• July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

The temperature on February 12, 1921 was between -1.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.