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• Euphemia Johanna Engelbertha Lunter († 2015)
• Jan Warmolts, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerrit Bronkhorst, Barneveld († 1999)
• Annie Bielderman, Eefde († 1944)
• Dorothea Maria Catharina de Haan, Rotterdam
• Charles Joseph Jacobs, Den Helder († 1940)
• Geertruida Maria van Leeuwen, Voorhout († 2018)
• Dieuwke Grietje Damstra, Heerlen († 1988)
• Arie Koning, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Jan Meijer († 1994)

• Anko Spakman (52), Slochteren (NL)
• van Veenendaal (0), Doorn
• Aaltje Best (19), Groningen
• Anna Maria Debets (73), Heerlen (L
• Adrianus Hendrikus Zom (69), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Gijsbertsz Honing (66), Hilversum
• Antonia Stoop (59), Breda
• Anthonie Happe (43), Zaandam
• Anna Carolina van Tichelt (71), Brecht, Belgium
• Antje Andriessen (74), Velsen

• 1935 » Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author
• 1937 » Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer († 2011)
• 1937 » Gregory Mcdonald, American author († 2008)
• 1940 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2007)
• 1940 » Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1940 » John Hadl, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright († 2008)
• 1941 » Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
• 1944 » Mick Avory, English drummer

• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Annie
14. Jacoba
15. Marie
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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
• June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

The temperature on February 15, 1940 was between -5.8 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.