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Died on Friday August 12, 1921
- Anderson Hopper (84), Riverside, Riverside, California, Verenigde Staten
- (82), Rosmalen
- cornelia de REUS (49), schiedam
- Catharina Verhagen (41), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina van der Heijden (82), Rosmalen
- Anna Wilhelmina Bouman (63), rotterdam (zuid holland)
- Auguste Baptiste PEAN RIGOT (77), Mamers, 72180, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
- Aaltje Huisman (0), Barsbeek (Vollenhove, Ambt)
- Alexander Constantinus Gabriels (66), Ekeren, Antwerpen
- Ariën Hendrik Crum (0), Elst (GL)
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 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
- July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
- November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
- November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
- November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
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