About the day » Friday November 12, 1971Calender converter

• Marco Dam († 2019)
• Maurits Slatman, Ane († 2015)
• Janet Kerssies († 2009)
• Adriaan Manuël Van Der Hoop, Curacao (Nederlandse Antillen) († 1982)
• Vincent Hendrik Adriaan Moerenhout, Heerlen, Netherlands († 2016)
• MAURITS HUBERTUS SLATMAN, ANE († 2015)

• Clair Ogden Robison (78), Newton Falls, Trumbull, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Acklin Morris Cooper (76), Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aris Jan Molenaar (90), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Hendricus de Zoete (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Jansen (82), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Pijpers (71), Heerlen
• Dirkje Bleij (89), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Henderika Hondema (82)
• Cornelis Lut (74), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus de Zoete (74), Den Haag(ZH)

• 1969 » Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author
• 1969 » Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 » Rob Schrab, American writer and artist
• 1970 » Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1970 » Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer
• 1970 » Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Tonya Harding, American figure skater
• 1971 » Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist
• 1972 » Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
• 1973 » Radha Mitchell, Australian actress

• 1958 » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
• 1962 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Johanna von Caemmerer, German mathematician († 1971)
• 1972 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Patrick
11. Michael
12. Edwin
13. Pieter
14. Cornelis
15. David
16. Johan

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Jolanda
8. Saskia
9. Karin
10. Ingrid
11. Petra
12. Miranda
13. Yvonne
14. Astrid
15. Linda
16. Cornelia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
• January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
• February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
• August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
• September 13 » Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
• November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

The temperature on November 12, 1971 was between -2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.