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• Antje Banga, Westergeest, Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland († 1945)
• Johanna Cornelia van den Enden, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Hendrik Karel Menkhorst, Zelhem, Nederland († 1941)
• Adolf leopold hewitt, nw-nickerie († 2003)
• Johannes Martinus Fluit, Apeldoorn († 1940)
• Hermine Maria EKELMANS, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Egbert Hendrik (Eddy) Winterwerp, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Eugene Harris (Gene) BREWSTER, Flint Genesee County Michigan U.S.A († 2012)
• André Bret, Lyon († 2017)
• Frederik Weelink, Lemelerveld († 2018)

• Alice Irene Godfrey (78), Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
• Adrianus van den Bosch (79), Oirschot
• Anje Heslinga (76), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albartus Bannink (90), Diepenveen
• Adriana Schot (81), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Bax (82), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Pastoor (83), Hoogeveen
• Albertus Bax (82), Alkemade, Nederland
• Aleida Lambertha Moelard (2), Almelo
• Adrienne Louise Jeanne van Thillo (69), Brussel

• 1937 » David Ackles, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1999)
• 1937 » Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Roger Penske, American race car driver and businessman
• 1938 » Richard Beymer, American actor, director, and cinematographer
• 1940 » Jimmy Greaves, English international footballer, forward and TV pundit
• 1941 » Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Lim Kit Siang, Malaysian lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Mitch McConnell, American lawyer, and politician
• 1942 » Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)

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. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Annie
14. Margaretha
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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.
• March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
• March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
• July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

The temperature on February 20, 1940 was between -6.9 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.