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• Engelbertus Josephus Maria Zandbergen, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1967)
• Hendrika van Galen, Enschede († 2004)
• Evelyn Joan Kasold Adams, Michigan († 1966)
• Gerritjen van Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1945)
• Gerhardus Johannes Josef Nijhuis, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1994)
• Hendrik van Egmond, Rijnsburg († 2008)
• Hendrica Josephina Cornelia Majoor, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Gerardus Cornelis Prins, Hooglanderveen († 1976)
• Aaltje Driessen, Hoensbroek (L († 2006)
• Arie Kooger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Antonius Somers (70), Tilburg
• Anthonie Corstiaan Bestebroer (79), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria v. d. Helm (78), Leidschendam
• Anna Maria van der Kroeg (71), Boskoop Z.H
• Arie Koppenol (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kok (69), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Zichtema (59), Leeuwarden Friesland Nederland
• Aaltje Zigtema (59), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Zigtema (59), warga
• Aleida Johanna LUIJMES (73), Varsseveld

• 1938 » Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player († 2012)
• 1940 » Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 » George Edward Alcorn, Jr. American physicist and inventor
• 1940 » Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author († 1996)
• 1941 » Billy Collins, American poet
• 1941 » Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor († 2019)
• 1941 » Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
• 1941 » Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
• 1942 » Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter

• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)

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 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

The temperature on March 22, 1940 was between 7.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.