About the day » Wednesday March 13, 1940Calender converter

• Abraham Hofman, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Doodgeboren Burger († 1940)
• Christina Vanduynslager, Gent († 2020)
• Elizabeth Johanna Beatrix Dekker, Reeuwijk († 1942)
• Hanna Sanders, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Greta Schlechter, ........ († 2021)
• Barbara Jean McCoy, Jessamine, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Berend Lassche († 1995)
• J.E.A(Josef) Luttikhuis, Reutum (Tubbergen) († 1941)
• Channcey Fay Fleck, Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania († 1972)

• Aaltje RIJKAART (69), Bodegraven (Z.-H.), Neth
• Anna Elisabeth Verzijlenberg (59), Haarlem
• Aagje WIERING (83), Haarlem, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Boonstra (85), Ferwerderadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Soetmulder (67), Rotterdam
• Aalt van Dijkhorst (71), Utrecht
• Alejandro Lopez Restrepo (63), Fusagasuga, Cundinamarca, Colombia
• Antonia Elisabeth De Groote (73), Den Haag
• Anna Elisabeth Verzijlbergen (58), Haarlem
• Adrianus Ros (82), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht

• 1933 » Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist († 2014)
• 1935 » David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1938 » Robert Gammage, American captain and politician († 2012)
• 1939 » Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1941 » Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1942 » Dave Cutler, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1942 » Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author († 2008)
• 1944 » Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic
• 1945 » Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1946 » Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel († 1976)

• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
• 1936 » Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)

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.
• June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

The temperature on March 13, 1940 was between 6.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.