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• Dirk van Soelen, Geldermalsen († 2013)
• David W Gage, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin († 2002)
• Ewald Schrouben († 1940)
• Hendrika van Effrink, Huizen († 1977)
• Christina Anna Martha Beverwijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrika Petronella Wilhelmina Sengers, Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Daniel De Mol, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1996)
• Harrie van Vianen, Eindhoven
• Eddie Wien, ........ († 2000)
• Cornelis (Cees) KOLK, Velsen († 2012)

• Adrianus Bernardus de Looze (1), Alkmaar
• Anna Maria van Emmerik (66), 's Hertogenbosch
• Arend Kats (84), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Apolonia Petronella Maria van den Tempel (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ahltje Reuter (88)
• Adrianus de Bouter (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aaldert Luchies (25), Oosterhesselen
• Abraham van Groenenbergh (80), Winschoten
• Anna Maria Emmerik, van (66), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albertus Holkema (6), Workum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1936 » David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
• 1936 » Jill Ireland, English actress († 1990)
• 1937 » Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer († 2001)
• 1940 » Sue Grafton, American author († 2017)
• 1941 » John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer
• 1941 » Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2010)
• 1942 » Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer
• 1942 » Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
• 1943 » Gordon West, English footballer († 2012)
• 1943 » Richard Sterban, American country & gospel bass singer

• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)

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 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
• July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
• September 9 » Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
• November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
• November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

The temperature on April 24, 1940 was between 12.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.