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• Dirkje Anna van Hilten, Uithoorn († 2016)
• Gerardus,Johannes de Ruijter, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Gerrit Dirk Buurman van Vreeden Kol., Poerwokerto, Java, Indonesia († 1986)
• Gerrit van Dompseler († 1991)
• Bregje Bap Annie Soethout, Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Cors Hubertus Nicolaas van den Berg, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 2002)
• Bregje Bab Annie Soethout (Soethoud), Oirschot, Nederland († 1998)
• Geurt Vervat († 2020)
• Johannes Franciscus Smit, amsterdam, Nederland († 1940)
• Antoinette Elisabeth Hendrica Verweij, Haarlem († 2001)

• Anna Catharina Vossen (81), Nederweert
• Albert Jan Aarseler (65), Zutphen
• Anna Maria Bonnemaijers (72), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Preenen (82), Bloemendaal, NHO, Nederland
• Abraham Izak Behr (69), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Vis (68), Nunspeet
• Antonius Cornelis van Gils (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna de Zeeuw (82), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Mink (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Margaretha van Oosterum (79), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands

• 1940 » Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940 » James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 » Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940 » Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1940 » Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist († 1981)
• 1942 » John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian († 2019)
• 1942 » Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1986)
• 1942 » Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1942 » Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine

• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Robert
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. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
14. Annie
15. Marie
16. Aaltje

• 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.
• February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
• 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.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
• September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
• October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.

The temperature on January 27, 1940 was between -4.7 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.