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• Carel Jan Tirion, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1966)
• Dick van der Zande, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Diederik Jozef van der Zande, Eindhoven († 1987)
• Gerard Stolte († 2016)
• Cornelis Johannes van Engelsdorp Gastelaars, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL († 2011)
• ?? Nijendaal, (UT) Utrecht († 1940)
• Frans Vandecandelaere, Staden († 2002)
• Doodgeboren Kind Smeele, Delft
• Agnes Maria Catharina Kockelkorn, Kerkrade (L
• Geert Derk Cornelis Kampinga, Zwollerkerspel († 2013)

• Anna * Turkstra (50)
• "Patrice" Léonce Roger Marie de La Celle (0), Louroux-Hodement, Allier, France
• Alfonso Meurer (3)
• Anna Catharina van Deursen (65), Helmond, Nederland
• Anne Johanneszn. Reitsma (52), Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacob Verhoeven (77), Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andrew Henry Hewett (73), Kadina, District Council of the Copper Coast, SA, Australia
• Anna de Rijke (13), Wemeldinge
• Anneke van Ginneken (88), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Rijke, de (13), Wemeldinge gem. Kappelle Zld. NL

• 1938 » James Farentino, American actor († 2012)
• 1938 » Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
• 1939 » Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist († 2013)
• 1940 » Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1940 » Jimmy Ellis, American boxer († 2014)
• 1940 » Pete Duel, American actor († 1971)
• 1941 » Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
• 1942 » Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
• 1942 » Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor

• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

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.
• June 15 » World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
• 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 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.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
• November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

The temperature on February 24, 1940 was between 1.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.