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• van Eekeren, Halsteren
• Geertruida Hendrika Hakkers († 2022)
• Mia Schoonbrood, Schinnen († 2018)
• Jan Kassies, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)
• Gerrit Vinke, Zwolle
• Petronella van de Kaa, Oosterbeek Renkum Gelderland Nederland († 2015)
• Mathilda Maria Kools, Alphen († 1998)
• Maria Jacoba Catharina Broeders, Dongen († 2022)
• Martinus van den Heuvel, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2014)
• Johan Hendrikus Gerardus Bervoets, Dordrecht († 1941)

• Adrianus Theodorus Baars (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Akke Cloo (82), Haskerhorne
• "Petrus" Pieter Pieter, Schijndel, NL
• Antonius Petrus van Elswijk (31), Noordzee
• Christian Chrétien LIBOT (70), Serskamp, 42020, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Cornelia Franke (80), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Frederika Zwerver (74), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Kruse (67), Colfax Township, Grundy County, Iowa
• Clasina Borneman (76), Castricum {NH}
• "Aleksander" Maria Dominik Szeptycki (73), Zamość, Pologne

• 1936 » Marisa Galvany, American soprano and actress
• 1937 » André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author († 2015)
• 1938 » Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler († 2002)
• 1939 » Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1939 » John F. MacArthur, American minister and theologian
• 1941 » Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
• 1942 » Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer († 2010)
• 1944 » Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, composer, writer and poet
• 1945 » Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska

• 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
• 1953 » Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)

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.
• May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
• June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

The temperature on June 19, 1940 was between 11.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.