About the day » Friday January 5, 1940Calender converter

• Frederick Geerts, Detroit, Wayne, Mich., Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Herman Metske KETEL, Almelo († 2020)
• Evert Tijssen, Putten († 1940)
• Bernadina Johanna Maria Duivenvoorde, Doorn († 2007)
• Gertruda Maria Josefina Römgens, Kerkrade († 2013)
• Andries Hermannus Koers, Almelo († 1940)
• Douglas Richard Bender, Chapin, Franklin County, Iowa († 2016)
• H. (Hermie) Franzen, groningen († 2016)
• Gerrit Wayne Wassenaar, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota († 2014)
• Helga ESCHENBACHER, Gmünden-am-Traunsee Austria († 1999)

• Arthur Isabelle (73), Plessisville (Québec, Canada)
• Bernarda Klein Bruggink (66), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Stephanes Pool (71), Yuma, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Aleida Rondeel (74), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betty Katherine SUHR (2), Denver Idaho County Idaho U.S.A
• Aris Buijs (87), Anna Paulowna (Noord-Holland) Nederland-The Netherlands
• Alphonsus Otjes (62), ,, Moerbeke, Belgie
• Berbera Neeltje van der Voorden (74), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Casper Heyenga (72), Jemgum, Duitsland
• Benjamin Staal (80), Amsterdam

• 1938 » Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 1938 » Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright
• 1939 » M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician († 1997)
• 1940 » Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1941 » Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer († 2008)
• 1941 » Chuck McKinley, American tennis player († 1986)
• 1941 » Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1941 » Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer and coach († 2011)
• 1942 » Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host
• 1942 » Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor

• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)

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.
• January 8 » World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

The temperature on January 5, 1940 was between -11.7 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -7.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.