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• Louis de Blecourt, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Christina Johanna Maria van Breen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Johannes van Dijk, Maasbree († 2019)
• Jantje Kooi, Blesdijke († 2022)
• Jan Willem Heufke, Utrecht († 2003)
• Lammechien VREDEVELD, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Lambertus-Johannes-Henricus Polman, Arnhem († 1940)
• Klazina Johanna Beltman, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Kind Dennissen, Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• James Clifford BUSH, Idaho, United States Of America († 2019)

• Alphonsina Maria Ludovica Vanderkinderen (23), Bornem
• Anna BARTELDS (81), Oosterhesselen
• Agneta Margaretha Catharina Van Reenen (82), h. Groeneveld, Baarn (Utr) NL
• Adriana de Boer (71), Texel
• Adriana Kole (90), Fremont, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• anna NUGTEREN (83), rotterdam
• Alfons Maria Graaf Bossi-Fedrigotti van Ochsenfeld (66), Hausmannstätten, Steiermark
• Adriana du CLOO (82), Fijnaart
• Adriana du Cloo (82), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
• Aaltje Dijkstra (67), Anjum

• 1937 » John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1939 » Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2016)
• 1939 » Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• 1940 » James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral
• 1941 » Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1941 » Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician († 1997)
• 1942 » Andrew Robinson, American actor and director
• 1942 » Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
• 1942 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver († 1962)

• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)

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.
• January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
• May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
• August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
• August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".

The temperature on February 14, 1940 was between -16.5 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -8.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.