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• JANNETJE MOERMAN, SCHIPLUIDEN († 2007)
• Cornelis Antonius Petrus Maria van den Bosch, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2016)
• Gerardus Willem Fredrik van Leeuwen, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Catharina Johanna 'Trees' Bouwhuis († 2024)
• herman gerard marie zeelen, maasbree
• Jacoba Christina Johanna Koopmanschap, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Gepke Kloosterhof, Winsum (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1940)
• Jaapje Elisabeth Robbemond, Zwijndrecht († 1942)
• Christiane MEELBERGHS, Diest († 2013)
• corry SCHIPPER, kloetingen († 1992)

• Annigje van Scherpenzeel (61), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Beekenkamp (93), 's-Gravenzande
• Aldegonda Blauwen (70), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Verduin (77), Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, United States
• Abraham Wiekens (79), Oude Pekela
• Antje Wiegers Jellema (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Agatha van der Dussen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aantje van Capelleveen (83), Rhenen, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Berens (83)
• Alida Vermij (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1936 » Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer
• 1937 » Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host († 2013)
• 1938 » Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach († 2016)
• 1938 » Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1940 » Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
• 1942 » Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
• 1942 » Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
• 1943 » Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara († 2013)

• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)

• 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 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
• November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on January 28, 1940 was between -5.3 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.