About the day » Wednesday January 31, 1940Calender converter

• Adriana Jacoba Catharina de Koning, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Donald L. Grabill († 2000)
• Ludwig Houkes, Malang († 1940)
• Beatrix Margretha Maria Bekker, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Fred Bongers († 2015)
• Anje Smit, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1977)
• Gijsbertus Geert Tielman, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Johannes Hendrik Anbeek, Veenendaal († 1940)
• Johannus Hendrik ANBEEK, Veenendaal NEDERLAND († 1940)
• Hendrik van Enk, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1994)

• Aaltje Van Elten (78), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Koning, de (87), Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Albert Bien (70), Edam Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Weltevreden (79), Brielle
• Anna Catharina Beekman (78), Leersum
• Aaltje van Nieuwenhoven (68), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abigael de Keuninck (92), Breskens, Zeeland, Nederland
• Afra Alida Maria Blankendaal (1), Alkmaar
• Adrianus Goderie Godrie (56), Zundert, NL
• Albert Bien (70), Volendam, Nederland

• 1938 » Beatrix of the Netherlands
• 1938 » James G. Watt, American lawyer and politician, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1938 » Lynn Carlin, American actress
• 1940 » Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach († 1998)
• 1940 » Stuart Margolin, American actor and director
• 1941 » Dick Gephardt, American lawyer and politician
• 1941 » Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator († 2012)
• 1941 » Jessica Walter, American actress
• 1942 » Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
• 1942 » Derek Jarman, English director, stage designer, and author († 1994)

• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)

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.
• April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• 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 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
• November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
• November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.

The temperature on January 31, 1940 was between -7.1 °C and -3.7 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.