About the day » Saturday August 12, 1944Calender converter

• Bregje Haasnoot, Katwijk († 1994)
• Johannes (Han) Kodde, Doetinchem († 2010)
• Dirk Verdoes, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Ate Trox, Groningen († 2017)
• Doreen Gweneth JACKSON († 2019)
• Andries Kloosterman, Kollumerzwaag († 2011)
• Hendrika Jurina Leinenga, Groningen († 2019)
• Harmke Rösken († 1996)
• Bernardus Joseph VAN GELDEREN, Rotterdam († 2012)
• Johanna Slot, Broek op L'dijk († 2010)

• Arie van der Meijden (70), Herwijnen (NL)
• Adriaan Brouwers (73), Gilze en Rijen
• Cornelia Heitman (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernard Kleinhesselink (79), Haaksbergen
• Antje Hendrika van Os (66), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Glaesmaekers (87), Limbricht, Sittard-Geleen
• Anthoni Horsman (49), Tjimahi
• Catharina Carolina Sebreghts (78), Vlimmeren
• Albertien Gravers (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Wooldrik (72), Enschede

• 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)

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 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
• April 13 » Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
• September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
• November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
• November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.

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.