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• Harry Jan Getkate, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2013)
• Agnes Peschier, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Everdina Maria Poppelier, Den Haag, Nederland († 1940)
• Albertus Joannes Maria Doorenbosch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Donna Hauglin, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 2018)
• Dirk Jan Zeylemaker, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Burkhard Thihsen, Tönisvorst, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Frans Maes, Bekkevoort († 1993)
• Adriaan Siebert, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelia Margaretha Rieu, Tilburg († 1940)

• Antje Hendrikse (77), Den Helder
• Anje Sterenberg (0), Uithuizermeeden
• Albert William Bruce McCallum (59)
• Alida HOGEVEEN (71), Bleiswijk, Gemeente Lansingerland, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Engberts van der Zaag (82), Grijpskerk
• Anne Engberts van der Zaag (82)
• Angelina Dormans (82), Maastricht
• Andreas Van de Vyver (78), Scheldewindeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Hermanus van Mastrigt (75), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Maria van Leur (77), Millingen

• 1938 » Cabu, French cartoonist († 2015)
• 1938 » Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1938 » Dave Edwards, American captain and politician († 2013)
• 1938 » Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1939 » Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 » Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1939 » Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
• 1940 » Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist
• 1941 » Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder
• 1941 » Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 » A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)

• 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 10 » World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
• July 6 » Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
• August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
• September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
• September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.

The average temperature on January 13, 1940 was -7.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.