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• Dale Joseph Wierschke, Little Chute, Outagamie county, Wisconsin (USA) († 1996)
• Mien van der Linden († 2005)
• Marretje Hakvoort († 2018)
• Cornelis Joh.Paul Schoneveld, 's-Gravenhage († 1940)
• Erna de Ling, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indië († 2022)
• Markus de Leeuwe, Rotterdam
• Denise VERSTRAETE, Warneton,7784,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 1982)
• N.N. van der Wolf, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1940)
• Johannes Jacobus Maria de Beurs, Arnhem († 1949)
• Jansje Endeman, Dalmsholte, Overijssel, Nederland († 2024)

• 6-3-1878 Dehesselle, Bergen op Zoom
• Aagje Plomp (71), Noorden
• Andre DENEEF (20), Rumbeke,8800,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arent Tijmens (90), Havelte, Drente, Netherlands
• Adolphine Philippine Hillebrandt (31), Magelang (Ned. Indië)
• Albert Oost (35), Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Steijl (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Aaltje de Vries (2), Utrecht
• Alphonse Frederik Macare (68), Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• Angelina van RANSBEECK (79), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1939 » Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)
• 1939 » Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1939 » Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive
• 1939 » Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman
• 1939 » Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
• 1939 » Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician
• 1940 » Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1942 » Lee Baca, American police officer
• 1942 » Piers Courage, English racing driver († 1970)
• 1942 » Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)

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. Margaretha
14. Annie
15. Marie
16. Aaltje

• 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.
• February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
• May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• 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.

The temperature on May 27, 1940 was between 9.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.