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• Ina Venter, Pretoria (ZA) († 1976)
• Hubertus Petrus Wilhelmus Rijnen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Larry Raymie († 1995)
• Frans Prins, Maasdijk († 2021)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Dam, Heemskerk († 2021)
• Boveé, Halsteren
• Gertrude Vermeer, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Beverly J. Gould, Leamington-Ontario (CA) († 2014)
• Charles Thomas Lockwood, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona († 2008)
• Arie Wilhelm van de WEG, Nederlandsch Oost Indië († 1979)

• Anna Geertruida Oremus (65), Utrecht
• Alida Catharina Koerts Meijer (69), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hendriks, Velp
• Antje Groot (85), Oosthuizen, Nederland
• Antje Klazes Westra (80), Arum
• Andries Timmenga (49), Wonseradeel
• Elizabeth Pors (80), Rockanje
• Adriana van den Hoek (80), Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Lenaerts Maria Catharina (74), Beerse, Antwerpen, België
• Adriaan Willem Ravesloot (14), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1938 » Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author († 2020)
• 1939 » Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
• 1939 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral († 1996)
• 1939 » J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout († 1994)
• 1939 » Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1940 » George Seifert, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1940 » John Hurt, English actor († 2017)
• 1941 » Eugene Hasenfus, former United States Marine whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair
• 1941 » Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic

• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)

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 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
• 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 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.
• May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
• November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
• November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

The temperature on January 22, 1940 was between -15.2 °C and -9.2 °C and averaged -12.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.