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• Frans Hulst, Amsterdam
• Hendrikus de Jong, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Albert Larminier, Mielen-Boven-Aalst, België († 2021)
• Daniel Beernaert, Veldegem,8210,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1944)
• Jacqueline Hélène VANTORRE, Heist-Aan-Zee,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 2006)
• Jannes Nederhoed, Roden († 2019)
• Gerda Berenschot, Apeldoorn († 2011)
• Hubertus Wolters, Maastricht, Nederland († 2003)
• Marina Vissers, Sint-Michielsgestel, NL († 1997)
• Adrian Leroy Kooiman, Nobles County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• Aaltje Bovendorp (34), Zwolle
• Adriaan Cornelis van Vegchel (53), Eindhoven
• Alberdina Lulf (82), Hillegom
• Alberdina Lulf (82), Hillegom
• Anna Geetruida de Groot (43), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Simonet (80), Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL
• Aaltje Selles (10), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Susanna van der Gaauw (80), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geetruida de Groot (43), Leiden
• Adrianus Johannes Petrus Monden (0), Etten-Leur

• 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)
• 1945 » Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat († 2006)
• 1946 » Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian
• 1946 » George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO

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

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

• 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 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
• June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
• October 6 » World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
• December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
• December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

The temperature on April 12, 1944 was between 3.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.