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• Johanna Brakelé, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Jouw (Joop) van der Galien, Stiens († 2006)
• Indianna M Mccord, Stringer Jon, Mississippi († 2005)
• Jans Jan Hilvering, Witteveen, Westerbork († 2023)
• Lillian Janette "Jan" Craig, Benton, Franklin, Illinois, VS († 2018)
• Beryl Brewin Moore, Alabama († 2019)
• Arie van Rijswijk, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Derek Frank Taplin, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex († 1995)
• Alida (aal) Steur, Volendam († 2001)
• Lijsbeth Liet, Rheden († 2000)

• Adriaan Meerman (81), Vlaardingen (Vlaardingen), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus Maria Verkerk (7), Ubbergen
• Charles Martch (72), Milwaukee
• Adriaan Meerman (81), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hoornick (90), 'S-Heerenhoek, Netherlands
• Antonia van der List (71), Rucphen
• Arnoldus Ferdinandus van Osch (69), Waalwijk
• Bernhard Manfred Wittkamp (0), Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
• Verhoef
• Aart van Waart (0), Rotterdam

• 1938 » Bert de Vries, Dutch politician
• 1939 » Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer († 2006)
• 1939 » Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 2008)
• 1939 » Terence Hill, Italian actor, director, and producer
• 1940 » Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1940 » John Suchet, English journalist and game show host
• 1940 » Ray Davis, American bass singer († 2005)
• 1941 » Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Bob Lurtsema, American football player
• 1942 » Scott Wilson, American actor († 2018)

• 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)

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. Annie
14. Jacoba
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 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
• May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
• November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
• November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.

The temperature on March 29, 1940 was between 0.1 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.