About the day » Monday January 15, 1940Calender converter

• Levenloos Kind Haringsz Bul, Leeuwarden, fr.nld († 1940)
• Freddy MEEUWS, Rumbeke († 2017)
• Johannes Cornelis de Blaaij, Lepelstraat († 2021)
• Dorothy SCHWIETERMAN, Franklin,Ohio († 1941)
• Elisabeth Petronella Lemmens, Hoogeloon († 2003)
• Jacob Ooms, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Bertus van Moergastel, Zevenbergen († 1940)
• Doodgeboren Kind Visser, Hengelo († 1940)
• Cornelis Agterdenbos, Fijnaart, Nederland († 1953)
• Annie Pijnenburg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)

• Ada C Fuller (64), Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
• Adrianus Johannes Klarenbeek (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Westendorp (94), Enschede
• Abraham Hoogersteger (82), Kapelle
• Albertje van Regteren (82), IJsselmuiden, Ov. Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna van Ameijde (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna van Ameijde (90), Rotterdam
• Abraham Hoogesteger (82), Kapelle
• Anne Fernande Marie barones van Oldenneel (83), Schin op Geul,Valkenburg aan de Geul,Limburg,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Margaretha Wevers (86), Susteren,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1937 » Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
• 1938 » Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 1938 » Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
• 1938 » Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 1939 » Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden († 2018)
• 1939 » Tony Bullimore, British sailor
• 1941 » Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist († 2010)
• 1942 » Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge († 2013)
• 1943 » George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player († 1986)
• 1943 » Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)

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. Jacoba
14. Annie
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.
• May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
• May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
• July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
• September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
• November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

The temperature on January 15, 1940 was between -0.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.