About the day » Tuesday October 12, 1926Calender converter

• Allegina Wagt, Emmer-Compascuum († 2002)
• Aaldert Otter, Giethoorn († 1995)
• Adrianus Michaël Franciscus de Lepper, Tilburg († 1996)
• Annie Pijnappels († 2003)
• Arie van der Horst, Nieuwpoort, Nederland († 2004)
• Antonius Cornelius Leijten, Veldhoven (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1934)
• Alida Klazina Esther van Brecht, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius Koper ook geschreven Jansen († 2004)
• RIJNBERG, Schuddebeurs († 2009)
• Abbetje Meinderts Ras, Urk († 2008)

• Adrianus Andries WILTON van REEDE (68), Rotterdam
• Adriaan op 't Hof (81), Schore
• Aloijsius Hofer (67)
• Antje van der Schaaf (75), Kollumerzwaag (Friesland)
• Antje Mients van der Schaaf (75), Driesum, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirk Dijkstra (75)
• Aalzen Lammerts Aikema (55), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Aloijsius (Klaas?) Johannesz X Hofer (67), Haarlem
• Alida Kromwijk (34), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Hermina Fou (65), Amsterdam

• 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)
• 1925 » Denis Lazure, Canadian psychiatrist and politician († 2008)
• 1928 » Al Held, American painter and academic († 2005)
• 1928 » Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist († 2012)
• 1929 » Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic († 2007)
• 1929 » Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2008)
• 1929 » Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic

• 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)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)

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

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

• 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on October 12, 1926 was between 8.2 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.