About the day » Saturday December 14, 1940Calender converter

• Mient Jan Faber, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Maria Thecla Suelmann, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Johann Joseph Wolffs, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1943)
• Mient Jan Faber, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerald Gary Harvey Statzer, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Maria Gezina Everharda Platvoet, Oldenzaal († 1991)
• Grada Johanna Heijerman, Varsseveld († 2013)
• Maria Jacoba van der Klaauw, Voorhout († 1973)
• Marianne Wilhelmine Frohne, Steinhausen, Duitsland
• Annie VAN DER MOEZEL, Schiedam († 2018)

• Antonia Geertruida Johanna Maria Steenvoorde (1), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Bouwman (62), Laren
• Arie Poot (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schotsman (70), Wijdenes
• Albert Emile VANTOURS (62), Noeux-les-Mines,62290,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Balthazar Antonius Bakker (20), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Commandeur (68), Wognum
• Anna Maria Krauwer (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Commandeur (68), Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Dijk (63), Amsterdam

• 1938 » Charlie Griffith, Barbadian cricketer
• 1938 » Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author
• 1939 » Ann Cryer, English academic and politician
• 1939 » Ernie Davis, American football player († 1963)
• 1940 » Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
• 1941 » Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic († 2006)
• 1941 » Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress
• 1942 » Chris Harris, English actor and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1943 » Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician

• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)

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. 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.
• March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
• July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
• September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on December 14, 1940 was between -5.1 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.