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• Clasina Maria Peters, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Christiaan Andre Verdeuzeldonk, Helden
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Sanden, Veghel, Noord Brabant († 2004)
• Jannie Naaijer, Nieuwegein († 1997)
• Anastasia Maria Murk, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
• Alphons Pierre Marie Meijers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2017)
• Aaltje Akkerman, Enschede († 2003)
• H H G Berns, Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Adrianus Kooijman, Puttershoek († 1997)
• Jannie NAAIJER, Nieuwegein Utrecht Netherlands († 1997)

• Antje Singer (74), Andijk
• Casparus Henricus (Cappie) Vroom (0), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Catharina van den Bliek (47), Princenhage
• Arie Versteeg (7), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van der Deure (80), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nugteren (81), Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Marrewijk (41), Dekkerswald Nederland
• Baron Johannes of Kämmerer von Worms gen. von Dalberg (30), Dacice
• Catharina Jozephina Daris (82), Zutphen
• Bote Foekes WIJNA (76), Breda Noord-Brabant Netherlands

• 1936 » James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
• 1937 » Ben Zinn, Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player
• 1937 » Gary Peters, American baseball player
• 1939 » John McCabe, English pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1939 » Reni Santoni, American actor
• 1939 » Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author
• 1940 » Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1940 » Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
• 1942 » Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand

• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)

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 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
• June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on April 21, 1940 was between 7.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.