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• Adrianus Nolbertus Franciscus Adriaanse, Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 2020)
• Van Look, Oorderen († 1940)
• Gerardus Duivenvoorden, Zandvoort († 1993)
• Aal Veerman († 2007)
• Berendina Johanna Hermanna van Raaij, Zwolle († 1940)
• A.M.H. (Aagie) Veerman, Volendam († 2014)
• Ferdinand Franciscus Ludovicus Theuwissen, Lommel
• Christian Maurice LABORDE-DEBAT († 2019)
• David Christian Francis MEYNELL († 2001)
• Herman Timmerman († 1997)

• Aaltje Meijerink (5), Groningen
• Anna Francisca Sophia van Kalleveen (0), Amersfoort
• Alida Elizabeth van Leeuwen (0), IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Houweling (68), Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Pelt (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Houweling (68), Oud-Alblas
• Anna Maria Freund (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Leerstra (42), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Amalia Eismann (75), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lageveen (81), Opsterland

• 1939 » Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1940 » Julian Bond, American academic and politician († 2015)
• 1940 » Ron Kostelnik, American football player († 1993)
• 1940 » Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer
• 1940 » Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
• 1940 » Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
• 1941 » Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
• 1941 » Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
• 1941 » Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
• 1941 » Nicholas Brooks, English historian († 2014)

• 1926 » August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)

• 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 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
• May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
• May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

The temperature on January 14, 1940 was between -4.9 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.