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• Jan Frederik van Vliet, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Hilda Vansant, Geel (B), België († 2015)
• Jantje (Janny) Petter, Giethoorn († 2022)
• Annie Ribberink († 1993)
• Alfred Bayel († 1993)
• Darrell Wayne van den Brink († 2016)
• Antonius Berkel, Hengelo (Overijssel) († 2023)
• F.J.A Landa, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Annie Ambtmeijer, Harderwijk († 1994)
• Christiaan Wilhelmus SETZ, Eindhoven

• Anna Maria Christina Busselman (51), Haarlem
• Aarke van Weelie (88), Beesd
• Alida Cornelia Hemerik (81), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wouters (72), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia Game (38), Losser
• Alida Margaretha Elisabeth van der Linden (91), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Brons (45), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Albert Visscher (47), Vollenhove
• Amalie Goldschmidt (44), Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Auschwitz, Upper Silesia, Poland
• van Duijvenvoorde (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1940 » Al Jarreau, American singer († 2017)
• 1941 » Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer
• 1942 » Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1943 » Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
• 1944 » Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player († 2018)
• 1945 » Anne Summers, Australian feminist writer, editor, publisher and public servant
• 1946 » Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
• 1946 » Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
• 1946 » Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
• 1947 » Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician

• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)

• 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.
• March 3 » World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
• August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
• August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
• September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
• October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
• November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on March 12, 1943 was between -2.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.