About the day » Tuesday April 16, 1940Calender converter

• HERMANN THEODOOR LOVENS, Emmen, Dre, Nederland († 1962)
• Aukje de Ruiter († 2019)
• Honenkamp, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2000)
• Ferdinand Hartmann Bolko Godard Joachim Rudolf Vrijheer van Richthofen, Sorengo, Lugano, Zwitserl († 2012)
• Hugo Van Reeth, Terhagen, 2840, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2004)
• Achille A. Bellis, Opheers, België († 2011)
• Hendrik Brommer, Nieuwe-Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Uitdewilligen, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Alida Marjanna Stokvisch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert James KUIPER († 1941)

• Adriana Neut (46), Gouda
• Adrianus Broeders (77), Dongen, NB, Nederland
• Alijda Kuijer (61), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alijda Kuijer (61), Soest
• Adriana Schenk (71), Rotterdam
• Alijda Kuier (61), Soest, Utr, NL
• Smolders (0), Tilburg
• Arnoldus Adriaan Teurlings (64), Casteren
• Antje Elizabeth Boon (1), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Rodenburg (79), Alkemade Gem

• 1938 » Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1938 » Rich Rollins, American baseball player
• 1939 » Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer († 1999)
• 1939 » John Amabile, American football player and coach († 2012)
• 1940 » Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 » David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 » Joan Snyder, American painter
• 1940 » Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
• 1940 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• 1941 » Allan Segal, American director and producer († 2012)

• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)

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 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
• August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
• September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• 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 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.

The temperature on April 16, 1940 was between 0.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.