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• N.N. Mannien, Alphen en Riel († 1940)
• Jan Albert Berends, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Cornelia Gerreke Adriana Schaaij, Amsterdam (Nederland) († 1983)
• Helene Louise Bartstra, Natal, Nederlandse Antillen
• Lenie Geurts, Arnhem († 1960)
• Gerardus Maria Hijman († 1944)
• Dolly Zeh, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Arthur Louis Bish, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Govert Pieter Boonacker († 1974)
• Hubertus Woutherus van Engelen, Vlijmen († 1940)

• Adriaan Meerman (15), Domburg, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonius Hendrikus Jozeph Heck (0), Enschede., Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Bot (60), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Arend Taal (64), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonia van Teeffelen (72), Nijmegen
• Aalbertus Ploeg (62), Amersfoort
• Arie Bos (56)
• Anna Catharina Eger (26), Rotterdam
• Arie Broeke (74), Maarssen
• Andries Brilleman (30), Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk

• 1938 » Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
• 1938 » Susan Strasberg, American actress († 1999)
• 1939 » Paul Winfield, American actor († 2004)
• 1940 » Bernard Shaw, American journalist
• 1940 » Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
• 1940 » Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor († 2011)
• 1940 » Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer
• 1941 » Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician
• 1942 » Roger Brown, American basketball player († 1997)
• 1942 » Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)

• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

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.
• January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
• August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
• September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
• September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
• November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on May 22, 1940 was between 9.0 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.