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• Johanna Cornelia Terwan, Rotterdam († 2023)
• Dieter Kau († 1996)
• Aartje van der Zalm, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2002)
• Hubertus Leenders († 1988)
• Gerardus Henricus LAGARDE, Eindhoven († 2009)
• Johannes (Jan) Sturkenboom, reeuwijk († 2000)
• Jan de Boer († 2015)
• Aurita Joyce Flu, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2022)
• Adriana van Leenen, Oud Beijerland († 1992)
• Anthony Marie (Ton) van Ettinger († 2006)

• Anton Reith (70), Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Frankfurt, Hessen, Duitsland
• Aaltje van Cappelle (49), Doorn
• Aaltje van Capelle (59), Doorn
• Alfred Graaf Zedtwitz van Moravan-Duppau (81), Dunkelsberg, West-Bohemen, Tsjechië
• AALTJE SCHREUR (62), LUTTEN
• Antje Glas (84), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kusters (52), Arnhem
• Anne Evelyn Hope-Johnstone
• Antje Alberts Glas (84), Emmen, Drenthe (NL)
• Aaltje Schreur (62), Lutten a d Dedemsvaart

• 1938 » Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician († 2013)
• 1939 » Susannah York, English actress and activist († 2011)
• 1940 » Barbara Buczek, Polish composer († 1993)
• 1940 » Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 » Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 1941 » Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist
• 1942 » John Dunning, American author
• 1942 » Judy Malloy, American poet and author
• 1943 » Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1943 » Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright

• 1930 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 » John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1939 » Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)

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.
• April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.

The temperature on January 9, 1940 was between -9.3 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.