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• Aloysius Johannes Spenkelink, Hellendoorn, 7447, Nederland († 1943)
• Gladys Gertrude Bleyenburg, Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1943)
• Jan SEGERS († 2018)
• Gladys Gertrude Bleyenburg, Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, United States († 1943)
• Gertrude Vermeer, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Lucy Eismon, Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States of America († 2015)
• John Jacob Carrington, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois († 2009)
• Hubertus Petrus Wilhelmus Rijnen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Aaltje Willemina Klein († 1991)
• Klaasje van de Geest, Spakenburg († 1989)

• Anna Mechtilda Wellen (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hendriks, Velp
• Adriana Maria Alblas (76), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Helena Wessel (59), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Koerts Meijer (69), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Pool (88), Uithuizen
• Adriaan Bakker (77), Haarlemmerliede en spaarnwoude
• Adriana van den Hoek (80), Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Geertruida Oremus (65), Utrecht
• Adriaan Willem Ravesloot (14), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1938 » Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author († 2020)
• 1939 » Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
• 1939 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral († 1996)
• 1939 » J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout († 1994)
• 1939 » Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1940 » George Seifert, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1940 » John Hurt, English actor († 2017)
• 1941 » Eugene Hasenfus, former United States Marine whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair
• 1941 » Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic

• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)

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 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
• June 15 » World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
• June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
• November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

The temperature on January 22, 1940 was between -15.2 °C and -9.2 °C and averaged -12.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.