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• Doodgeboren Burger († 1940)
• J.E.A(Josef) Luttikhuis, Reutum (Tubbergen) († 1941)
• Anje van Wier, Franeker († 2022)
• Cees Klare, Wieringermeer († 2002)
• Davif Kesnig, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Cornelis Jacob van Diggelen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Greta Schlechter, ........ († 2021)
• Hendrika Hendriks van Egmond│dsluis, Rijnsburg († 1997)
• Jan Paulus Kikkert, Texel († 1987)
• Christina Vanduynslager, Gent († 2020)

• Aagje Wiering (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna, Elisabeth Verzijlbergen (58)
• Aagje WIERING (83), Haarlem, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje RIJKAART (69), Bodegraven (Z.-H.), Neth
• Anna Catharina Saive (56), Heerlen
• Antonius Adrianus Oomen (9), Breda
• Anna Elisabeth Verzijlbergen (58), Haarlem
• Aalt van Dijkhorst (71), Utrecht
• Angelina Kauscher (82), Papenburg. Emsland
• Arend Jan Nijhuis (72), Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1933 » Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist († 2014)
• 1935 » David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1938 » Robert Gammage, American captain and politician († 2012)
• 1939 » Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1941 » Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1942 » Dave Cutler, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1942 » Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author († 2008)
• 1944 » Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic
• 1945 » Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1946 » Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel († 1976)

• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
• 1936 » Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (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. Annie
14. Jacoba
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.
• May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
• May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
• September 9 » Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
• November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

The temperature on March 13, 1940 was between 6.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.