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• Adriana Geertruida Fortuijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Mosselman, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Brice Wendall Gause, Horry County, South Carolina († 1994)
• "Marie Laure" Monique Eliane de Mieulle, Saint-Adjutory, Charente, France († 2019)
• Aleane Winifred Noe († 2012)
• Clary Kuiper, Bussum († 2019)
• Catharina Christina Jong, Zwaag († 2007)
• Harry Edward Hershberger († 1961)
• Carolyn Hess († 1992)
• Jeronimus Kreukniet, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Berendina Groot Zwaaftink (79), Wythmen, Zwollerkerspel
• Bertus Cornelis Plaatsman (49), Oosterend
• Cornelis Adrianus Geervliet (32), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Geertruida BRABER Mdr (41), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Bertus Cornelis Plaatsman (49), Oost (Texel)
• Antonia Maria van Eyck (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Kort (68), Nieuwerkerk
• Anna Maria Peeters (77), Nijmegen GL NL
• Andreas Joseph Fuchs (35), Bleijerheide, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
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• 1938 » John Byner, American actor and comedian
• 1938 » Leon Panetta, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense
• 1938 » S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician († 2006)
• 1938 » Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn, British baron
• 1939 » Klaus Schmiegel, German chemist
• 1940 » Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Al Downing, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1941 » David Johnston, Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor General of Canada
• 1941 » Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language († 2006)

• 1922 » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1929 » Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1936 » Alexander Berkman, American author and activist († 1870)
• 1939 » Douglas H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (b. 1896)
• 1944 » Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)

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.
• June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• July 10 » World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
• 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".
• October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
• November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
• November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

The temperature on June 28, 1940 was between 3.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.