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• Hendrikje (Hennie) Meijers, Westerbork († 2023)
• Jan Gerardus Leonardus Johannes Collard, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelia Wijker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Johannes Bernardus Gerhardus Arling, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2022)
• Heiltje Wilhelmina Redeker († 2017)
• Fredrick Robert Bossard, Tilden, Madison County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Joke Teijgeler, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Frits Cuijpers, Helden († 2009)
• godefridus hubertus (frits) cuijpers, helden († 2009)
• Cornelia Wijer, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1941)

• Miltenburg (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Catharina Nienhuis (77), Gasselte
• Ana Francisca de Barros Brotero (32), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antonie Gravelijn (71), Zierikzee, NL
• Adrianus (Adriaan) van der Made (65), Made en Drimmelen, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Made (65), (Made en Drimmelen)-Made,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amby DAGUE (67), Iowa
• Benjamin van Dantzich (44), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Burgje van Straaten (66), Schoorl, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aurelia Laura Frödel (37), Den Haag

• 1939 » David King, South African chemist and academic
• 1939 » George Hamilton, American actor
• 1939 » Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete
• 1939 » Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
• 1939 » Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal († 2016)
• 1940 » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach († 2005)
• 1941 » Dana Ivey, American actress
• 1941 » L. M. Kit Carson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1941 » Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright († 2017)
• 1942 » Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author

• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Petrus
12. Robert
13. Gerardus
14. Jacobus
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Petronella
10. Catharina
11. Helena
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Jacoba

• 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.
• March 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
• June 23 » The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
• September 11 » Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
• November 14 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarineU-81 sustained on November 13.
• December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
• 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 August 12, 1941 was between 11.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.