About the day » Monday January 12, 1942Calender converter

• Joan Marion Haas, Hull, South Yorkshire, England, Verenigd Koninkrijk († 2005)
• Jacques de Groot († 1961)
• Marinus Boxebeld, Raalte († 2020)
• Petronella Johanna Theresia de Groot, Baarle Nassau († 2017)
• Nancy B. Delles, Verenigde Statn († 1996)
• Ana Rosa Kucinski, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1974)
• Janny Schouten, Wijk en Aalburg († 1954)
• Jacob Martin Goossens, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 2015)
• Rudi Pieter August Verkeste, Aardenburg († 2002)
• Harmina Martha, Harma Scholte († 2017)

• Aartje Koster (45), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius van Berkel (55), Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert ENDACOTT (70), Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
• Anna Maria Scharp (80), Den Haag
• Loonstra (0), Tietjerksteradeel
• Aren Emaus (86), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Joseph Antoine Robillard (75), Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinette Hubertine Veugelers (50), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Anne Noordenbos (62), Holwerd
• Anna Maria Scharp (80), 's Gravenhage

• 1940 » Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player
• 1940 » Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer († 2007)
• 1940 » Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer († 2013)
• 1941 » Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician († 2014)
• 1941 » Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• 1941 » Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor († 2005)
• 1942 » Bernardine Dohrn, American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic
• 1944 » Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d 2015)
• 1944 » Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
• 1944 » Joe Frazier, American boxer († 2011)

• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 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 9.0 million citizens.
• February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
• May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
• May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
• November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

The temperature on January 12, 1942 was between -9.9 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -7.9 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.