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• Marcel de MOL, Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1941)
• Gerrit Marinus Wijburg, Tiel
• Kent Martins († 2010)
• Ingeborn Knaap, Leiden († 1943)
• Hermanus Theodorus Peek, Haalderen († 1993)
• Bobby Gene Loveless [3Wk Ob ScnceHlBu], King Bee, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 2016)
• Antoinetta A.M. van Mook, Gilze en Rijen († 1995)
• Maaike Dijkstra, Haulerwijk, Netherlands († 2014)
• Cornelis Guijt, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Arend Jacob Engel, Hilversum († 1951)

• Adam Rijnberk (64), Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Regterschot (9), Zwolle
• Anna Sophia de Leeuw (73), Wagenborgen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adeline Mary** RAND (78), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
• Aagje Pels (77), Woerden
• Adriana Francina Barel (57), Amsterdam (N.H.)
• Adriana Blom (70), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina OSEPHIUS (85), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Gerritse Pels (77), Woerden
• Anna Catharina Aerts (70), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)

• 1937 » Charlotte Lamb, English author († 2000)
• 1937 » Eduard Uspensky, Russian author, poet, and playwright († 2018)
• 1937 » Ken Whitmore, English author and playwright
• 1938 » Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec
• 1938 » Matty Alou, Dominican-American baseball player and scout († 2011)
• 1938 » Red Steagall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet
• 1940 » Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician († 2009)
• 1940 » Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator
• 1942 » Dick Parry, English saxophonist
• 1942 » Jerry Koosman, American baseball player

• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)

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. 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.
• January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
• October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
• November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

The temperature on December 22, 1940 was between -5.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.