About the day » Tuesday February 20, 1940Calender converter

• Gertruda (Truus) Engels, Swolgen, Nederland († 2005)
• Eugene Harris (Gene) BREWSTER, Flint Genesee County Michigan U.S.A († 2012)
• - Cox, Maasniel († 1940)
• Arjen van der Veen, Zevenhuizen (gemeente Leek) († 2007)
• Freek den Hartog († 2006)
• Johannes Martinus Fluit, Apeldoorn († 1940)
• Hermannus Bernardus Jozephus Jonker († 2023)
• Harmanna van der Sleen, Hoogeveen nederland († 1943)
• Johanna Francisca Maria VERBEEK, Monster († 2000)
• Dieuwertje Nelly Strijbis, Alkmaar († 2008)

• Adrianus Rombout Brands (0), Achthuizen, Holland
• - Cox (0), Maasniel
• van Broekhoven (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertje Johannes Pastoor (83), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Aart Molenaar (66), Rotterdam
• Albertus Bax (82), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albartus Bannink (90), Diepenveen
• Anna Arnolda van Doesburg (78), Brakel
• Albertus Bax (82), Alkemade, Nederland
• Alida Kleinman (76), Nieuwe-Pekela Groningen Nederland

• 1937 » David Ackles, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1999)
• 1937 » Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Roger Penske, American race car driver and businessman
• 1938 » Richard Beymer, American actor, director, and cinematographer
• 1940 » Jimmy Greaves, English international footballer, forward and TV pundit
• 1941 » Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Lim Kit Siang, Malaysian lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Mitch McConnell, American lawyer, and politician
• 1942 » Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)

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. 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.
• April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
• June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
• July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
• August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
• November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on February 20, 1940 was between -6.9 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.