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• Jakob Moesker, Emmen († 2018)
• Adriana Cornelia Kwekkeboom, Tilburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Lammechien VREDEVELD, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Cornelis Adrianus Marinus Verbraak, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1971)
• Belly Jean Clark, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2021)
• Hans Labriaire, Vaals († 2006)
• Klazina Johanna Beltman, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Johanna Catharina SPRONK, Haarlem († 2018)
• Hendrikus Adrianus Wilhelmus Wouters, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2005)
• Eduard SUY, Beveren († 1942)

• Adriana den Boer (38), Middelharnis (Gem Goeree-Overflakkee), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Alice E Symons (49), Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana de Boer (71), Texel
• Abraham van Dal (20), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Braam (82), Hannover, Duitsland
• Alexander Karel Richard Graaf van Kanitz (91), Zaskoczyn (Saskoschin), Pommeren, Polen
• Alphonsina Maria Ludovica Vanderkinderen (23), Bornem
• Adriana du Cloo (82), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
• Adriana den Boer (38), Middelharnis, 3241, Nederland
• Adriana Kole (90), Fremont, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1937 » John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1939 » Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2016)
• 1939 » Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• 1940 » James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral
• 1941 » Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1941 » Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician († 1997)
• 1942 » Andrew Robinson, American actor and director
• 1942 » Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
• 1942 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver († 1962)

• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (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. 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.
• April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
• June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

The temperature on February 14, 1940 was between -16.5 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -8.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.