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• Elisabeth Maria Voorhaar, Utrecht († 2020)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Minke Leijte († 2016)
• Gerda B Buitenhuis († 2020)
• Donald Otto Schumer, Perry, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• Antonia Josephina Maria van Moorsel, Boerdonk († 2021)
• C.M.C.J. Janssen († 2008)
• Elieze (Lies) Oudhoff, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2018)
• Gabriella Franciska Stefanie Van Haren Noman, Sint Michielsgestel, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendrika van Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Gerrit VERMEER, Amerongen († 1960)

• Anna Elisabeth Murk (90), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Barend Klok (82), Nijkerk
• Adriana Middelkoop (46), Langerak
• Andrew Bell Carstairs (82), St Andrews and St Leonards, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Albert Gosses Hansma (66), Kropswolde, province of Groningen
• Alida Jonker (99), Baarn
• Aartje Van Den Akker (0), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Teunissen (74), Kortehemmen, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Busscher (71), Gouda
• Alida van Diemen (81), Zoeterwoude

• 1936 » Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect († 1988)
• 1936 » Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
• 1937 » Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer and pianist
• 1937 » Egon Krenz, German politician
• 1938 » Joe Kapp, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1942 » Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author († 2014)
• 1943 » Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy
• 1943 » Vern Schuppan, Australian race car driver
• 1944 » Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize

• 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1949 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)
• 1949 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
• 1950 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (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 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.

The temperature on March 19, 1940 was between 5.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.