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• Anna Helena Baars, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Duane Darwin Zwart, Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota († 1993)
• Jakob Oortwijn, Hijken (Beilen) († 1942)
• Jacoba Westerhoek, Groningen, Netherlands († 1985)
• Florent Vanbergen, Wellen, België († 2007)
• Franz Scheffers, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Duane Darwin Zwart, Edgerton (Pipestone County) (Minnesota) († 1993)
• Elisabeth Waterreus, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Arie Willem van der Helm, Nederland († 2016)
• Jacqueline Clara KERSBULCK, Sas van Gent, Zeeland, Nederland († 2008)

• Arend te Brakel (84), Hengelo
• Arnoldus Johannes de Bruijn (63), Rotterdam
• Annick Maria Jozef Van Duyse (19), Montana, Zwitserland
• Anthonius Johannes Hol (80), Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje Landman (74), Grafhorst, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berendina van den Born (69), Arnhem
• Adrianus Cornelis Bruininckx (55), Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna Maria Verbeek (61), Rotterdam
• Arie Gille (75), Schiedam, Nederland
• Auke van der Gaast (83), Sloten

• 1937 » Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1937 » Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1938 » Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
• 1941 » Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter († 1994)
• 1941 » Neal Adams, American illustrator
• 1942 » Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media
• 1942 » John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
• 1942 » Peter Norman, Australian sprinter († 2006)
• 1943 » Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor († 2017)

• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)

• 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 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
• 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 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
• May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
• May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

The temperature on June 15, 1940 was between 11.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.