About the day » Saturday August 12, 1944Calender converter

• Adrianus Antonius Maria (Ad) van Boxsel, Breda Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1998)
• Johann Heinrich Schulte, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• Bregje Haasnoot, Katwijk († 1994)
• Doreen Gweneth JACKSON († 2019)
• Elizabeth de Wit, ,, Terband, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Dirk Verdoes, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Harmke Rösken († 1996)
• Johan Heinrich (Hennie) Schulte, Horsten Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 2017)
• Helmina Berendina Haze († 1985)
• Dirk van der Veen

• Bernard Kleinhesselink (79), Haaksbergen
• Anthoni HORSMAN (49), Tjimahi, West Java, Dutch East Indies
• Aaltje willemsd Schaap (82), Huizen
• Christiaan Jacobus Johannes Graeff (74), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kloos (59), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Hulsker (27), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aart Marie Anthonie Begemann (75), Tjimahi
• Albertus Wooldrik (72), Enschede
• Catharina Carolina Sebreghts (78), Vlimmeren
• Adriaan Brouwers (73), Gilze en Rijen

• 1940 » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach († 2005)
• 1941 » Dana Ivey, American actress
• 1941 » L. M. Kit Carson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1941 » Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright († 2017)
• 1942 » Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
• 1945 » Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist and academic
• 1945 » Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1946 » Terry Nutkins, English television host and author († 2012)
• 1947 » John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer († 2002)
• 1948 » Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka

• 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

• 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.
• July 21 » World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• August 9 » Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
• August 22 » World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
• September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
• October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
• October 25 » Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.

The temperature on August 12, 1944 was between 11.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.