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• Johannes Lambertus (Hans) Veldhuis, Kampen († 1983)
• Annigje Sleeuwenhoek († 2015)
• Dirk Gerrit Jan Franken, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Canute (Little Man) Johnson, linstead, St Catherines, Jamaica († 1986)
• Em Strijbos, Meijel, Limburg, Nederland († 2014)
• Maria Catharina Bruin, Langedijk († 2014)
• Abel Talens († 1972)
• Hermann Franz Rier, Lingen, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1992)
• Maria Josepha Alina Carola Benedicta Helleboogh, Bornem († 1943)
• Maria Catharina Josephina Brouwers, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2009)

• Anna Catharina Hendrica Schuur (94), Portugaal
• Adriaantje Johanna Moret, Tiel
• Charles Louis de Coninck
• Arie Serlier (75), Leiden
• Carel Dirk van Kuijk (47), Rangoon Birma Brits India
• Carolus Benedictus Bellens (75), Neerpelt, België
• Bernardus Adrianus Merrienboer (51), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Veenema (74), Valthermond, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Johannes van der Wijk (81), Boelensloane, Friesland, Nederland
• Carel Dirk Van Kuijk (47), Rangoon, Birma

• 1940 » Lill Lindfors, Swedish singer
• 1941 » Ruud de Wolff, Dutch singer († 2000)
• 1942 » Billy Swan, American country singer-songwriter
• 1942 » Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician († 2014)
• 1942 » Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter († 2000)
• 1942 » Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong
• 1945 » Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1945 » Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Patrick Ricard, French businessman († 2012)

• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)

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

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

• 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 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
• June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
• 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.
• September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
• October 31 » World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
• 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 May 12, 1943 was between 9.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.