About the day » Saturday December 14, 1940Calender converter

• Jerry Ray Mellencamp, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Gerald Gary Harvey Statzer, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Grada Christina Wardt van de, Opheusden († 1998)
• Mient Jan Faber, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Jantje Pik, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Cornelis de BOER († 2019)
• David William Cissell, Houston, Harris County, Texas († 2002)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Vliet († 1983)
• Josephine Marie MASSUNG, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Charles Edward "Eddie" McMahan (LS), Sevierville, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2009)

• Arie Poot (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Ahlers (65), Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Albers (70), Venray
• Bartholomeus Bouwman (62), Laren
• Adriana Christina Hoeppe (81), Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allegonda Gielens (67), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alva E. Baker (78), Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States of America
• Anna Gertrud Geertruida Ahlers (65), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Schotsman (70), Wijdenes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Rinses Poortinga (63), Leeuwarden

• 1938 » Charlie Griffith, Barbadian cricketer
• 1938 » Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author
• 1939 » Ann Cryer, English academic and politician
• 1939 » Ernie Davis, American football player († 1963)
• 1940 » Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
• 1941 » Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic († 2006)
• 1941 » Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress
• 1942 » Chris Harris, English actor and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1943 » Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician

• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)

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. Annie
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.
• February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
• May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
• July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on December 14, 1940 was between -5.1 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.