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• Dirk Dalhuisen, Wijhe († 1987)
• Carolina Scheltes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1984)
• Hendrik van der Sluis, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 1986)
• Andre Romijn, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Annemarie Rave, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Hans Peter Burger, Rotterdam († 2014)
• Frederik (Frits) Buter († 2006)
• Elisabeth Maria van de Leur, Ammerzoden († 1995)
• Adrian de Brabander Ford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australië († 2017)
• Hendrikus Lodewijk Kokhuis, Geesteren († 1998)

• Adriana Pieternella van den Bos (0), Schiedam
• Arie Gravesteijn (70), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegje Bekhof (77), Weststellingwerf, Vinkega
• Annigje Lykels Bekhof (77), Noordwolde, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cardinaals (78), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Annigje Kros (86), Hardinxveld
• Aagje Schenk (95), Rotterdam
• Arend de Groot (76), Zuidlaren (Zuudloarn), Drenthe, Nederland
• Annegje Lykels Bekhof (77), Vinkega
• Antonius Hubertus Neederlandts (65), Margraten (Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Nederland

• 1938 » Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 » Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Cliff Watson, English rugby league player († 2018)
• 1940 » Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Claudine Auger, French model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
• 1942 » Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1942 » Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 » Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic († 2014)

• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)

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 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
• July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
• September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
• December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

The temperature on April 26, 1940 was between 9.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.