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• Ian Joseph MORGAN, Carlton, Victoria, Australia († 2008)
• Ada Antonia van der Velde, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Catharina Johanna Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Berendina Hermanna Theresia Annink, Borne († 2018)
• Everdina Harmina Booij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Ellouise Gard, Monterey, California († 2007)
• Jean Verjans († 1942)
• Leonardus Johannes(Leo) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Henderkien Harms († 2024)
• Franciscus Johannes Mattheus Timmermans, Baarle-Nassau († 1976)

• Aletta Lieselotte Jacobs (27), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Anna J.M. de Winter (6), Medemblik
• Aagje Wiering (72), De Rijp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hellemons (27), Vught
• Adriana, Wilhelmina, Francina Van Geel (29), Zevenbergen
• Aaltje Willems Westhuis (66), Vollenhove
• Aaltje Pol (19), Meppel {DR}
• Aaltje Westhuis (66), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Nederland
• Anna J.M. de Winter (6), Medemblik
• Aaldrik Berend Fröling (83), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1939 » Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright
• 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 » John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1944 » Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic († 2015)

• 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)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)

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

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

• 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.
• January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
• April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
• May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
• October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
• November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

The temperature on April 12, 1942 was between 2.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.