* Walter Scott Houston ( 1912 – 1993 ) who wrote the " Deep-Sky Wonders " column in Sky & Telescope magazine for almost 50 years.

Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.

* 1912 – Frank Dilio, Canadian hockey administrator ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Walt Gorney, American actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician 2nd Vice President of Indonesia ( d. 1988 )

* 1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1975 )

* 1912 – The British passenger liner sinks in the North Atlantic at 2: 20 a. m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg.

* 1864 – Jean, duc Decazes, French aristocrat and sportsman ( d. 1912 )

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

* 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer ( d. 2010 )

Schweitzer, who insisted that the score should show Bach's notation with no additional markings, wrote the commentaries for the Preludes and Fugues, and Widor those for the Sonatas and Concertos: six volumes were published in 1912 – 14.

Alexis Carrel ( June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944 ) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques.

* 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1991 )

* 1912 – Ann Dvorak, American actress ( d. 1979 )

* 1912 – Palle Huld, Danish actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist ( d. 2001 )

* 1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer ( b. 1912 )

* 1997 – Norman Carr, British conservationist ( b. 1912 )

Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS ( ; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 ), was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.

* 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor ( d. 1999 )

Casa Milà (), better known as La Pedrera (, meaning the ' The Quarry '), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905 – 1910, being considered officially completed in 1912.

* 1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

* 1867 – Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1912 )

* Dale Evans ( 1912 – 2001 ), American actress and singer, also known as wife of Roy Rogers

Born in Cedar Dale, East Whitby Township ( now part of the City of Oshawa ) in Ontario, he was educated at the University of Toronto and called to the Ontario Bar in 1912.

Dale Evans ( born Frances Octavia Smith ; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001 ) was an American writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter.

* 1912 – Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader ( d. 1988 )

By 4 January 1912, the last two four-man groups had reached 87 ° 34 ′ S. Scott announced his decision: five men ( Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans ) would go forward, the other three ( Teddy Evans, William Lashly and Tom Crean ) would return.

** Gil Evans, American jazz pianist ( b. 1912 )

* August 18 – Robley Dunglison Evans, American admiral ( d. 1912 )

References: Washington Geologic Survey Bulletin No. 3 by George Watkin Evans ( 1912 ); Washington State Coal Mine Inspector Reports ( 1887 – 1975 ); Ravensdale Reflections by Barbara Nilson ( copyright 2004 ; Washington State Place Names by James Phillips ( 1972 ); Voice of the Valley newspaper ( December 16, 2008 page 8 ); State of Washington Fatal Accident Report for 1955 by C. R.

In 1912, Evan Evans Bevan agreed to build a village hall, which on completion in 1914 became known as the " Palace.

* Atalanta in Calydon, a Choral Symphony ( A. C. Swinburne, Liverpool Welsh Choral Union, Gitana Ladies ' Choir, Birkenhead and the Manchester Orpheus Glee Society, conducted by Harry Evans, 1912 )

In ' A song of freedom ' Hunter called on the miners to ' stand and fight ', and after the death of Fred Evans in a skirmish between police and striking miners at Waihi in November 1912, he called for a general strike which was proclaimed in 1913.

Ian Ernest Gilmore " Gil " Evans ( né Green ) ( May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988 ) was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, active in the United States.

* March 20-Gil Evans, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader ( b. 1912 )

* Dai Evans ( 1872 – 1912 ), Wales international rugby union player

* Robley Dunglison Evans ( 1846 – 1912 ), American naval officer, known as " Fighting Bob "

The 1912 miners ' strike led to violence, including the death of unionist Fred Evans in an incident which still causes some resentment in the town.

Previously it had closed on August 2, 2006 due to a heat wave which had hit the Eastern Seaboard and for three entire seasons during World War II and in 1911 and 1912 when it was not economically viable following New York State legislation enacted by the administration of Governor Charles Evans Hughes which outlawed all forms of wagering on horse racing.

Dr Richard Gwynfor Evans ( 1 September 1912 – 21 April 2005 ) was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author.

On March 18, 1912 he married Pauline Nawahineokalai Evans, another part-Hawaiian.

Robley Dunglison Evans ( 18 August 1846 – 3 January 1912 ) was born in Floyd County, Virginia served in the United States Navy from the American Civil War to the Spanish-American War, attaining the rank of rear admiral.

Evans Island was called Hoodoo Island before 1912.

The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey renamed the island in honor of United States Navy Admiral Robley Evans ( 1846 – 1912 ), who had been a maritime policeman in the area early in his career.

* Old Officer's Club — Built about 1912 at end of Evans Point, now Quarters 610.

In 1955 a geologist, Henry Evans ( 1912 – 1990 ), discovered that the red cliffs on the Aboriginal reserve, previously remarked on by the early Dutch explorers and Matthew Flinders, were actually enormous deposits of bauxite – the ore from which aluminium is made – and to a lesser extent tungsten.