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• Hendrik Hooghwerff, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Geesje Rinske Kok, Vries, Nederland († 1998)
• Charles Leon "Chubby" Todd ?****, Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Hendrik van der Wijk, Valthermond, Odoorn († 1940)
• Anneke Hagenzieker, Medan, Nederlands-Indië († 2002)
• Alina Hendrina Rijkeboer, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Bert van de Pas, Melderslo Gem. Horst († 1992)
• Jacobje de Bie, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Corry Waterman, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Daniel Harvey Carbaugh, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2005)

• Aaltje van der Velde (89), stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)
• Aaltje Visser (59), Leeuwarden
• Andreas Schoonderwoerd (66), Haastrecht
• Adrianus Keij (56), Bergen op Zoom
• Andries Groenleer (81), Burgh gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Fortgens (85), Haarlem
• Adam Soeterboek (69), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van den Heuvel (80), Rotterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Koolwijk (58), Vlissingen (Walcheren), Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Alida Muijsert (51), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland

• 1938 » Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician
• 1938 » Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 1939 » David Horowitz, American activist and author
• 1939 » Jared Carter, American poet and author
• 1939 » Sal Mineo, American actor († 1976)
• 1939 » Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2012)
• 1939 » William Levy, American-Dutch journalist, author, and poet
• 1940 » Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic († 2013)
• 1940 » K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director
• 1941 » Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

• 1926 » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)
• 1935 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
• 1941 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904)
• 1941 » John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1949 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)

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.
• March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
• 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 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
• September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.

The temperature on January 10, 1940 was between -11.5 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -8.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.