About the day » Tuesday October 12, 1943Calender converter

• Jean-Pierre Leb, Ukkel, België († 2015)
• George F. Bollock († 2017)
• Catharina Gerarda Vonk, Het Noorden (Texel) († 2016)
• M. Ellie G Adam, Amsterdam
• Hendrik Veenhuis, Ede († 2005)
• Guido Jozef Germain Develtere, Hooglede († 2018)
• Anna Helena Vonk, Het Noorden (Texel) († 2002)
• Elisa Marie Pâques, Halmaal, België († 2019)
• Lucien Van Camp, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, 2861, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1989)
• Gerhardus (Rintjes) Schievink, Sumar, Fryslân, Nederlân († 2017)

• 'Rosalia (Rose) Norton Judd (74), Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
• Arie Rosendaal (2), Utrecht
• Betsie Idema (1)
• Anje Kooima (75), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Antje Prins (46), Nieuw-Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Augustus Maria Eduardus Asnong (42), Diepenbeek, België
• Aart Schuiteman (21), Nunspeet
• Albert Smit (78), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Pesman (79), Sleen
• Aaltje de BOER (36), Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1941 » Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican
• 1942 » Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer († 1995)
• 1943 » Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor († 2015)
• 1944 » Angela Rippon, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Aurore Clément, French actress
• 1946 » Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer († 2008)
• 1946 » Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
• 1946 » Drew Edmondson, American politician
• 1947 » Chris Wallace, American journalist
• 1948 » John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan

• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• February 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
• April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
• July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
• September 7 » World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
• October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.

The temperature on October 12, 1943 was between 4.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.