About the day » Monday April 12, 1971Calender converter

• Rolf Jalving, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• Mauricio Spada e Souza, São Paulo, Brasil († 2016)
• Kirsten Daniele van Dissel, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jennie Herma de Boer, Zwartsluis († 2013)
• Michel Servaas Maria van Bentum, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Daniella Bruyne
• Donny Thomas Hodges, Los Angeles, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Priska Pauliina Ketelaars, Eindhoven

• Barendje Dina Hazeleger (81), Woerden, U, The Netherlands
• Bonifacius Bosma (63), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Stolker (80), Utrecht Utr
• Adrianus Maria Van De Laak (95), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Cornelius Jansen (63), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred C Salter (81), Isle of Wight, England
• Adrianus Van De Laak (95), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Arie Sundermeijer (73), Australia
• Arie de Jong (79), Ridderkerk
• Arendina van Veenen (65), Emmen

• 1969 » Jörn Lenz, German footballer and manager
• 1969 » Lucas Radebe, South African footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 » Michael Jackson, American football player and politician († 2017)
• 1970 » Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater
• 1971 » Nicholas Brendon, American actor
• 1971 » Shannen Doherty, American actress, director, and producer
• 1972 » Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
• 1973 » J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
• 1973 » Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer

• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Patrick
11. Michael
12. Edwin
13. Pieter
14. Cornelis
15. David
16. Johan

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Saskia
7. Anna
8. Jolanda
9. Karin
10. Ingrid
11. Petra
12. Miranda
13. Yvonne
14. Astrid
15. Linda
16. Cornelia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
• February 11 » Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
• March 7 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
• August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• October 27 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
• December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.

The temperature on April 12, 1971 was between 0.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.