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• Levenloos Geboren Kok, IJsselmuiden, OV, Nederland († 1940)
• James Albert Holleran, Los Angeles, California († 2013)
• Miep Regter († 1999)
• Maria Poot, Vlaardingen, ZH Netherlands († 1941)
• GODELIEVE VALENTINE VAN DEN BRANDEN, WAASMUNSTER,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1941)
• Albertus Oudheusden, Amsterdam († 1940)
• Bobby Leroy Akin *, Arkansas († 2005)
• Cornelia van den Berg († 2018)
• Frits Hermans, Helden († 2003)
• Norbert Schöning, Gescher († 2013)

• Abraham van Westbroek (71), Den Haag
• Antje Tuin (73), Kiel (Hoogezand)
• Antje WESSELINK (62), Leeuwarden, 752, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton (68)
• Antje Arends Schonewille (84), Amsterdam
• Aagje Groot (47), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Pijnenburg (53), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hindricks (Hinderks) Groen (83), Holthusen, Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
• Antje Tuin (75), Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana van Rijsewijk (55), Helvoirt

• 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)

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.
• May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
• August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
• September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
• September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• 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.