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• Nijgh, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus (Tonnie) Wilmink, Bornerbroek, Borne, 7627, Nederland († 2021)
• Alexandra Carola Harriet von Vultejus, Ludwigslust († 2023)
• Benedita de Andrade, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1941)
• Charles Thomas Stephen Lankheit, Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Andrea CASTELEYN, Gistel († 2010)
• Hendrika Johanna Rorije, Heerde (Wapenveld), Nederland († 1996)
• Dalbert Robert Burkhardt, Topeka Shawn, Kansas († 2002)
• Geertruida Josephina Maria Moget, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrika Johanna Rorije, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1996)

• Aaltje Stegink (75), Vels,Steenwijkerland,Overijssel,Nederland
• Adrianus Meester (77), Kortenhoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Volkerink (73), Deventer
• Adrianus Bastiaansen (79), Beek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus PENNINKX (82), Poortugaal
• Adriana Maria van Zijderveld (70), Utrecht
• Adrianus Jacobus Kennis (3), Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Wilhelmina Hoesen (0), Gennep
• Agatha Helena van den Ham (71), amersfoort (utrecht)
• Adriaan Hofkens (49), Bergen op Zoom

• 1938 » Judy Blume, Jewish-American author and educator
• 1939 » Leon Kass, American physician, scientist, and educator
• 1939 » Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer († 2013)
• 1941 » Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player († 2013)
• 1941 » Hubert Marcoux, Canadian solo sailor and author († 2009)
• 1941 » Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountaineer and explorer († 1984)
• 1942 » Ehud Barak, Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1942 » Pat Dobson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2006)
• 1945 » David D. Friedman, American economist, physicist, and scholar
• 1945 » Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress

• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)

• 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• April 15 » In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
• May 5 » Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
• May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
• May 27 » World War II: The German battleshipBismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
• December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
• December 21 » World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.

The temperature on February 12, 1941 was between -1.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.