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• Cornelis Gerrit de Groot, Meerkerk (Vijfheerenlanden), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Clifford Harold Gravenhof, Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota († 2018)
• Albert Jan Huisman († 1988)
• Dieter Bildat († 2000)
• André Riske Oosterbroek, Haarlem († 1971)
• Carol Ann Coulson, Pasco, Franklin, Washington, United States († 2014)
• Hedwig Maria ter Halle, Enschede († 2015)
• Grietje Bakker, Nieuwe Pekela († 2024)
• Dirk van Beelen, Katwijk († 2008)
• Gerrit Johannes de Haan († 1998)

• Alice Millett
• Anna Catharina Baumann (82)
• Antje van der Werf (80), Velzen
• Alexander Rankin (72), New Road, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
• Aagje August Augusts van der Meulen (90), Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert Ebbers (78), Doetinchem
• bernard johannes kwekkeboom (78), enschede
• AAGJE van der LAAN (72), GOUDA
• Adriana Kemmere (74), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Elvira Wolfs (48), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België

• 1939 » Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright
• 1939 » Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1940 » Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
• 1940 » Woodie Fryman, American baseball player († 2011)
• 1941 » Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager († 1993)
• 1942 » Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician
• 1942 » Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa
• 1943 » Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• 1944 » Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic († 2015)

• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 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)

• 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.
• February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
• July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
• October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• November 14 » World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
• November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

The temperature on April 12, 1941 was between 5.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.