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• Hendrikus Johannes ten Voorde, Hengelo († 2018)
• Jacoba Alida Wilhelmina de Ridder, Noordwijk († 2015)
• Dommis Huibregtse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1944)
• André van Mierlo, Maarheeze († 2008)
• Jeannette Henriëtte Hijblom, Djakarta (Nederlands Indië) († 2007)
• Johanna Bakker, Genemuiden († 2005)
• Joanna Leonia Pennemans, Lommel († 2004)
• Johannes Antonius Maria Kaptein, Haarlem († 1987)
• Jan Schut, Den Helder († 1996)
• Jacoba Alida Wilhelmina de Ridder, Noordwijk († 2015)

• Cornelis Jonker (79), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• América Laura Mattozinhos (27)
• Claude John Yorke (67), Westminster, London
• Elizabeth van Eijk (23), Tilburg
• Asa Elijah "Ace" Willis (83)
• Aaltje van Asch (0), Deil West Betuwe (GL)
• Aleida Elisabeth Tholen (3), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clementina Petronella Maria VAN GOOR (11), Voorburg
• Albertus Klarenbeek (78), Utrecht
• Carolus Albertus Edgardus Hubertus DE WOLF (62), Aalst (Limburg), 3800, Limburg, Belgique

• 1938 » Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » George Walden, English journalist and politician
• 1939 » Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
• 1940 » Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2010)
• 1941 » Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1941 » Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1941 » Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer († 2016)
• 1941 » Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1941 » Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Lee Dorman, American bass player († 2012)

• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)

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.
• May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
• 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.
• June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
• August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.

The temperature on September 15, 1940 was between 5.2 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.