About the day » Monday February 12, 1996Calender converter

• Jim Antonius Adrianus Olsthoorn († 2023)
• Therese Marie FIX († 1996)
• Koen Willem Buitenhuis

• Adrianus van der Meij (89), Katwijk
• Angéle Geyskens (86), Diest 3290(Belgie)
• Bastiana Antonia van der Wilt (77), Spijkenisse
• Alida Johanna Pellegrom (85)
• Afra Johanna Maria de Ruijter (75), Beverwijk
• * Wiegertje Lith (82), Birdwater
• Catherine Margaret Reidy (81), Clinch County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Henricus Groenestein (90)
• Berdella Mühlenbruch (88), Madison,Dane Country,Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Ans de Jong (42), Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1988 » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 » Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
• 1990 » Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 1991 » Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1994 » Arman Hall, American sprinter
• 1999 » Maggie Coles-Lyster, Canadian cyclist
• 2000 » Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress

• 1989 » Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (b. 1931)
• 1991 » Roger Patterson, American bass player (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
• 1994 » Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 1995 » Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (b. 1952)
• 1998 » Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Tom Landry, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)
• 2002 » John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)

1. Pieter
2. Thomas
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Robin
8. Jeroen
9. Michael
10. Johannes
11. Jasper
12. Rick
13. Mike
14. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Cornelis

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Kim
6. Emma
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Iris
10. Anne
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Naomi
16. Maria

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
• January 8 » An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
• January 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• January 19 » The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
• February 6 » Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
• February 9 » Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
• March 25 » The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

The temperature on February 12, 1996 was between 1.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.