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• Harmtien Scheeringa, Gaaikemadijk (Aduard) († 2020)
• Godefridus Johannes Joseph (Godfried) Siers, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 2012)
• Doodgeboren kind de Kok, Tilburg († 1940)
• Barbara Ann Carolyn Pearson, Pelzer, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Andries Ouwehand, Katwijk († 1990)
• Gian Franco van Rooij († 2017)
• Hendricus Franciscus Vincentius Verouden, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1984)
• Jo Ida van VUGHT, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elsa With Wegner († 1943)
• Jan COURTZ, Koekange Drenthe Netherlands († 2007)

• Antje Leeuwenkamp (54), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Snepvangers (74), Antwerpen (B.)
• Bartholomeus Kokx (55), Dongen
• Adriana den Boer (0), Rotterdam
• Benjamin Young Crocker, Iron County, Missouri
• Beulah Wade (35), Moselle, Jones, Mississippi, United States
• Andries Christoffel van der Byl Neethling Joubert (60)
• Anne Thomas Koopmans (78), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus ZOETEMAN (77), Puttershoek
• Snepvangers Anna Cornelia (74), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België

• 1937 » Marcus Raichle, American neurologist and physiologist
• 1937 » Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author († 2015)
• 1938 » Charles Lloyd, American saxophonist and flute player
• 1939 » Julie Tullis, English mountaineer († 1986)
• 1939 » Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright († 2016)
• 1939 » Ted Kaufman, American engineer and politician
• 1940 » Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health († 2019)
• 1940 » Phil Lesh, American bassist
• 1941 » Carolyn Hansson, Canadian materials engineer
• 1941 » Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)

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 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
• December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

The temperature on March 15, 1940 was between -2.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.