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• Diny Bekhuis, Denekamp († 1990)
• Anna van den Bos, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Elisabeth Engelina Edelbroek, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Grietje Molenkamp, Warffum, Groningen, Nederland († 2000)
• Cor van Vliet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendrik Priem, Amersfoort († 1941)
• Alfred Motmans, Hasselt († 1974)
• Gerrit van Wijnen († 1972)
• Franciscus Joseph Sidonia Gaby Vergauwen, Bornem († 1940)
• Helena Koddenberg († 2003)

• Adrianus Biemans (73), Gilze-Rijen {NB,NL}
• Allen Howard (75), Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
• Adolphus Van Brabant (72), Markegem
• Andries Jacobs (50), Duisburg
• Carolus Hummeling (80), Venray, Nederland
• Carolus Hummeling (80), Venray, Zuid-Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana van Rosmalen (84), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia van der Valk (70), Utrecht
• Anna Maria van der Kroft (74), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Barteld Luning (70), Ansen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1938 » Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
• 1938 » Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician († 2016)
• 1939 » Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker († 2009)
• 1939 » Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1940 » Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
• 1940 » Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
• 1940 » Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
• 1940 » Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor († 2010)
• 1941 » Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop († 2017)

• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)

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 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
• March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
• May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• July 5 » World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.
• July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.

The temperature on April 15, 1940 was between 2.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.