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• Gerhardus Lubbertus Nobbe, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Egbert Klein, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendricus Maria Beukeveld († 1941)
• Chantal, Jenny ALGOET, Ingooigem,8570,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België († 2001)
• Elisabeth Geertruida Veken, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Jan van de Ven († 1992)
• Ietje Postema († 2004)
• Adrianus Lefeber, Lisse († 1967)
• Doodgeboren zoon Manders, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Godelieve Cornelia Van de Velde, Kallo (B) († 2014)

• Adriana v.d. Poll (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alle Hendriksma (89), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana den Brok (46), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aarnoudt Jeras (80), Nieuw en St. Joosland
• Aarnoudt Jeras (78), Nieuw en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ana Margarida do Canto (80)
• Alida Maria VEERMAN (75), Maartensdijk (Utrecht)
• (Stillborn) SIKKEMA (0), Godlinze (Bierum) Groningen Netherlands
• Amke Korringa (66), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Prince (80), Mountain Veiw, Alberta, Canada

• 1938 » Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer († 1995)
• 1939 » Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1939 » Renate Garisch-Culmberger, German shot putter
• 1940 » Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
• 1940 » Vito Acconci, American designer († 2017)
• 1941 » Aaron Neville, American singer
• 1941 » Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager († 2008)
• 1942 » Ingo Friedrich, German Member of the European Parliament

• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)

• 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 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
• June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
• July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

The temperature on January 24, 1940 was between -10.6 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.