About the day » Monday July 15, 1940Calender converter

• Arnold Gerretsen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Corrie van Vliet († 2010)
• N Lozeman, Den Ham († 1940)
• Marie Hendrika Prummers, The Netherlands († 2013)
• Celia Ann van de Kamp, Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Johanna Regina Antoinette Gerritsen, Deventer († 1941)
• Bernardus Henrikus Maria van Mulukom († 2011)
• Josephina Maria Theresia Remkes, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Gerrit van den Berg, Harderwijk († 2005)
• Joop Vernooij, Houten,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2017)

• Alphonse BLONDIA (79), Lovendegem
• Alvina Marie Caroline Fischer (77)
• Anna Maria Hofman (50), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Zijlstra (47), Ameland
• Casper Johannes Ziekman (68), Utrecht
• Agnes van der Stoop (0), Sint Maarten
• Adriana Antonia Johanna Westland (69), Utrecht
• Anje Werkman (61), Kantens, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bernardus Geerts, Zundert, Nederland
• A.J.F(Albertus) Engbers (0), Emmen

• 1938 » Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1938 » Bill Alsup, American racing driver († 2016)
• 1938 » Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press
• 1938 » Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter († 2009)
• 1939 » Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic
• 1940 » Chris Cord, American racing driver
• 1940 » Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer († 2015)
• 1940 » Robert Winston, English surgeon, academic, and politician
• 1940 » Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and convicted murderer († 1990)
• 1942 » Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist († 2005)

• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)
• 1942 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 1944 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Robert
10. Adrianus
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. Annie
13. Margaretha
14. Jacoba
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 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
• July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
• July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on July 15, 1940 was between 8.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 24.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.