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• JACOB ABRAHAM MOERMAN, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 2010)
• Hermannus Wunnink († 2011)
• Hendrik Rotmensen, Leiderdorp, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Ellen SCHEFFERS, USA († 2004)
• Hendrikus (hein) Schokker, Edam, Nederland († 1985)
• Adriana Francisca Leeggangers, Hank, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Jacobus van Nisselroij († 1940)
• Charlene Agness Stannard, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Elisabeth Sacksionie, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Leonard D Gillies († 1963)

• Claas Cornelis HAALEBOS (39), Heemstede, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Harmanus Reewinkel (73), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baukje Douwsma (78), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Caroline Roggenkamp (69), Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
• Anna Lucia Nebel (79), Haarlem
• Adrianus Jacobs (83), Gilze en Rijen
• Adrianus Gloudemans (55)
• Christina Johanna Maria Van der Kruijf-Kouw (88), Utrecht
• Angiolina Clotilda Frigerio Solagnier (79)
• Baukje Douwsma (2e echtgenote ) (78), Franeker Fr., Nederland

• 1938 » Eiko Ishioka, Japanese art director and graphic designer († 2012)
• 1938 » Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2019)
• 1938 » Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
• 1939 » Arlen Ness, American motorcycle designer and entrepreneur († 2019)
• 1939 » Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer
• 1941 » Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster († 2007)
• 1942 » Billy Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1942 » Roy Palmer, English cricketer and umpire
• 1942 » Steve Young, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1942 » Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician

• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 » Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)

• 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
• June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
• August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
• September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
• December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

The temperature on July 12, 1940 was between 11.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.