About the day » Friday January 26, 1940Calender converter

• Jan Tol, Nieuw Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Ghislaine Beringhs, Mielen-Boven-Aalst, België († 2023)
• Aafje Leegwater, Ursem († 2009)
• Antoinette Carolina Jacoba Los, Amersfoort († 1975)
• Gary Francis Braun, Holden, Johnson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Henri Elise JeromeJ (Hans) Dolmans, Sittard († 2011)
• Johannes H. Krijnen
• Catharina Agnes Bleeker, Den Haag († 1940)
• Hub N. N., Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Gerardus Antonius van Herwijnen, Driel († 1972)

• Alida Cornelia de Kok (67), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antje Sietzes Sietsma (87), Wijckel, Sloten, Gaasterland-Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert SEGHERS (51), Pontoise,95,Val d'Oise,FRANCE
• Adriana Philomena van Alphen (66), Tilburg
• Agatha Jacoba Catharina Soetekouw, Heemstede, Niederlande
• Aloysia von Matuschka (67)
• Alonzo Lorenzo Argyle (87), Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States
• Aafke Veenstra (46), Ede
• Albert Joseph Baijens (Bayens) (36), Louisville, Jefferson County, VS
• Anna Henriette Pauline De Geer (76)

• 1936 » Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1937 » Francisco Gonzales, former 1960 Summer Olympics yachting team member and murderer
• 1937 » Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone († 2003)
• 1938 » Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
• 1940 » Frank Large, English footballer, centre forward and cricketer († 2003)
• 1940 » Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop
• 1943 » César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1943 » Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
• 1944 » Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
• 1944 » Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal

• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Robert
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. Margaretha
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 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
• June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
• July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
• August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

The average temperature on January 26, 1940 was -1.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.