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• Ervin Schönfeld, Szombathely, Vas, Hungary († 1944)
• Guy Alfons Bierwaerts, Rutten, België († 2005)
• Johanna Wilhelmina den Os, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 2009)
• Jacqueline Dehaibe, Romedenne, Namen, Belgie († 2006)
• Klaas Bond († 2019)
• Jacomina "Mimi" Schrier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Klaasje Hunneman († 2013)
• Cornelis Johannes de Droog, Haarlem († 2023)
• Gordon Gilbert Formsma, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 2011)
• Guido VERSTREKEN, Leuven (B) († 1998)

• Aafje van der Gragt (77), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A
• Adolph Temple (63), Lennox, Lincoln Co., SD
• Aaltje Gerlofs (87), Oostwold (gem. Oldambt)
• Alida Renders (80), Utrecht
• Anna Josina Vermeer (89), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Kemp (71), (ZH) Rotterdam
• Anna Helena Krijnen (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Leferink (84), Goor, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus VAN GELDEREN (75), Puttershoek, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Kemp (71), Rotterdam

• 1936 » Michael White, Scottish actor and producer († 2016)
• 1937 » Francis George, American cardinal († 2015)
• 1937 » Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver († 2011)
• 1938 » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 1939 » Ralph Gibson, American photographer
• 1941 » Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1942 » Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager († 2016)
• 1943 » Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
• 1943 » Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist

• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887)

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 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
• March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
• May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
• June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
• November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

The temperature on January 16, 1940 was between -9.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.