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• Jelle Foppe Lycklama a Nijeholt, Leek († 2017)
• Adriana Johanna Henrica Johanna van Laarhoven, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Hermina Aalderink, Hoge-Hexel, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2022)
• Adriana (Adrie) Scholten, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelis Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• - Nievelstein, Eijgelshoven, Limburg, Nederland († 1940)
• Janna Kippers, Hengelo († 2024)
• Jannie Letteboer, Vriezenveen († 2000)
• Hendrikje Krol, Avereest († 2020)
• José Domingos Andriolo, Assis, São Paulo, Brasil († 1975)

• Annetje Elisabeth Varkevisser (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Berkel (79), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bart SCHREUDERS (74)
• Alexander R. Kramer (66), Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albertina Elisabeth Beets (12), Purmerend
• Adriana Batus (64), Rotterdam
• Anna Johanna Lenssinck (76), Amsterdam
• Adriana TOORNVLIET (69), Rottedam
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius Borsboom (41), Voorburg, Nederland
• Adriaantje Quartel (75), Haarlem

• 1937 » Sandy Dennis, American actress († 1992)
• 1938 » Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player († 1986)
• 1938 » Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster († 2001)
• 1939 » Judy Carne, English actress and comedian († 2015)
• 1939 » Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal
• 1941 » Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
• 1941 » Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian
• 1941 » Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
• 1942 » Jim Keltner, American drummer
• 1942 » Ruth Glick, American author

• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)

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 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.
• June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
• July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
• July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
• 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 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

The temperature on April 27, 1940 was between 10.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.