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• Jan de Boer († 2015)
• Angela Geiger, Rhede († 2001)
• Aartje van der Zalm, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2002)
• Hans Peter Schmidt, Hamburg, Deutschland († 2000)
• Abraham (Appie) van Rijn († 1943)
• Berty Antonius Gerardus Weekers, Weert († 1993)
• Johannes (Jan) Sturkenboom, Reeuwijk, Nederland († 2000)
• Abraham van RIJN, Stompwijk († 1943)
• Hermine Johanna Scholten, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1941)
• Antonius Cornelis Petrus van Gestel, Ginneken en Bavel († 1942)

• Anna Maria Bormans (44), Geleen
• Alidia Maria VANLERBERGHE (57), Detroit (USA),, France
• Aagje Mooij (73), Egmond Binnen
• Antonius Cornelis van Croonenburg (64), Goirle, NB Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Joanna Huberta Hagenaars (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Helena Smits (74), Gennep, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaltje Schreur (62), Lutten a d Dedemsvaart
• Aaltje van Cappelle (49), Doorn
• Alida van HEEL (38), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis van Croonenburg (65), Goirle

• 1938 » Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician († 2013)
• 1939 » Susannah York, English actress and activist († 2011)
• 1940 » Barbara Buczek, Polish composer († 1993)
• 1940 » Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 » Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 1941 » Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist
• 1942 » John Dunning, American author
• 1942 » Judy Malloy, American poet and author
• 1943 » Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1943 » Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright

• 1930 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 » John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1939 » Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)

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.
• February 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
• May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
• June 8 » World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
• June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
• September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.

The temperature on January 9, 1940 was between -9.3 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.