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• Helena Woensdregt, Vlaardingen († 1940)
• Carolina Scheltes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1984)
• Gerardus Meindert Beentjes, Egmond-Binnen († 2006)
• Frederik (Frits) Buter († 2006)
• Gerrit Herman de Boer, Apeldoorn (GL) († 2007)
• Gilson SMITH, Wantagh, Nassau, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Clara LATHOUWERS, Grote-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 2021)
• Benjamins, rotterdam († 1940)
• Adrianus Antonius Leijtens, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1996)
• Emilie Fredriksz, Soekaboemi, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië († 2021)

• Alida Maria Weijll (72), Nijmegen
• Aagje Schenk (95), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Lykels Bekhof (77), Noordwolde, Nederland
• Arend Groen (55), de Noordzee
• Abraham Leskinen (70), Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota
• Aaltje Stalenhoef (85), Eemnes
• Adriana Pieternella van den Bos (0), Schiedam
• Arendje Leegwater (23), Schermerhorn wijk A nr 113
• Arend Jacob Jalink (74), Olst (gem. Olst-Wijhe)
• Adriaan Johannes Leijer (69), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1938 » Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 » Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Cliff Watson, English rugby league player († 2018)
• 1940 » Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Claudine Auger, French model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor
• 1942 » Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1942 » Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 » Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic († 2014)

• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)

• 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.
• April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
• June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
• August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
• September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
• 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 April 26, 1940 was between 9.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.