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• godefridus leonardus (frits) hermans, helden-dorp († 2003)
• Jean Ipema, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Charlotte Hendrika van Thienen († 1940)
• Hubertus Cornelis Johannes van Vliet, Haarlem († 2019)
• Gerda Francina Luthart, VLAARDINGEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Frits Hermans, Helden († 2003)
• Eric Louis Frederik van Huijstee, De Bilt († 1940)
• Johannes Theodorus Loman, Maarssen
• Albert Hendrik Gerardus van der Leeuw, Linne († 2012)
• Baardhout Jongejan († 2023)

• Anna Maria de Roos (63), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Adriaan van Akkeren (74), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Westbroek (71), Den Haag
• Aaltje Duim (80), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton (68)
• Aagje Groot (47), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Linden (61), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Tuin (75), Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Arends Schonewille (84), Amsterdam
• Anna de Laat (69), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1938 » Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama († 1989)
• 1939 » Erin Pizzey, English activist and author, founded Refuge
• 1940 » Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1940 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan († 2006)
• 1940 » Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician
• 1942 » Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology († 2019)
• 1942 » Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
• 1942 » Paul Krause, American football player and politician

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

• 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.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
• May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.

The temperature on February 19, 1940 was between -3.5 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.