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• Jacob Houwerzijl († 1995)
• Cornelis Hendricus Maria van Adrichem, Schipluiden († 2024)
• Bastianus Hendrikus Frigge, den haag († 2019)
• Cheri Womack, Utah, United States of America († 2010)
• Benjamin Louis Gudema, Amsterdam (NL) († 1943)
• Fenna (Fennie) Profijt, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 1998)
• Bernardus Gerardus (Bennie) Mennings († 1999)
• Hendrik Otten, Westerbork († 1940)
• Gerald Lloyd de Groot, Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Benjamin Louis Gudema, Amsterdam († 1943)

• Peter Dohmen (96), Melick-Herkenbosch
• Androzina Pieternella Koole (74), Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Willem Hermsz X Baarslag (65), Hattem
• Antonie Venema (86), Emmen
• "Gustav" Werner Anton Schenck zu Schweinsberg (73), Bad Oeynhausen, Allemagne
• Anna Catharina Abelshausen (65), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Pieter Groen (49), Rotterdam
• Andries Torcque (12), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Lataster (44), Kerkrade
• Godfried Schafer (37), bardenberg

• 1939 » Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
• 1939 » Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1940 » John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1940 » Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
• 1941 » John Boccabella, American baseball player
• 1941 » Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist († 1998)
• 1942 » Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter
• 1942 » Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer († 2019)
• 1943 » Little Eva, American singer († 2003)
• 1943 » Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC († 2017)

• 1931 » Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian poet and physician (b. 1850)
• 1933 » Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1936 » János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and missionary (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Paul Klee, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
• 1955 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)

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.
• March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
• November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

The temperature on June 29, 1940 was between 9.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.