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• Henri de Beauffort († 1999)
• Arend Bouw, Nunspeet († 2013)
• Elizabeth Ann LANGERAK († 2008)
• Cornelia van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Anne Keimpes Keuning, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Dirk Arendse, Putten († 1982)
• Jacob de Vreugd, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriaan Muijen, Dordrecht († 2012)
• Jacob de Vreugd, Katwijk († 2000)
• van der Laaken, 's Gravenhage († 1940)

• Adriana Verduin (77)
• Andries Abeles de Haan (71), Tolbert
• Antonia van der Heijden (98), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Wunnink (80), Avereest
• Adriaan Tuijtelaars (77), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries de Haan (71), Tolbert
• Albertus Wunnink (80), Avereest
• Andries DE HAAN (71), Tolbert Groningen Netherlands
• Anne Drenth (76), Kloosterveen
• Adrianus Leonardus Jacobus Ammerlaan (77), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
• 1938 » Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1938 » Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American Country Music Hall of Fame session keyboard and piano player
• 1938 » Werner Olk, German footballer and manager
• 1940 » Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver († 1971)
• 1941 » Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) († 1991)
• 1941 » Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author
• 1943 » Paul Freeman, English actor

• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (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. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Annie
13. Jacoba
14. Margaretha
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
• May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
• August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
• October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.

The temperature on January 18, 1940 was between -9.1 °C and -5.3 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 17.6 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.