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• Hermanus Kroon, Leeuwarden († 2040)
• Annie Louise van Wijk, Musselkanaal "Hotel Adolfs" († 1998)
• Elizabeth Cornelia Lutter, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Bernardus Clemens Stroombergen, Hillegom († 2014)
• Eelkjen de Jong († 1966)
• Dirk Melkert, Heelsum († 2023)
• Bernadetta Wilhelmina Clasina Maria Straathof, Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Evert Giel Opperman, Rhenen († 2011)
• Jacob Verwoert, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Corrie Bessems († 2014)

• Charles Léon "Antoine" de Gimel (84)
• Berend Olthoff (75), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Houten, van den (37), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Catharina Koppens COPPENS (79), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charlotte Ann Floyd (85), Crenshaw, Panola, Mississippi, United States
• Alphonsus Arnoldus Bardoel (83), Gassel
• Aagje de Best (16), Hoorn
• Berendje Barbera van Es (0), Soest
• Antonia Martina Josephina Steenbekkers, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Jonckheere (74), Brugge

• 1938 » Deniz Baykal, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1938 » Diana Rigg, English actress
• 1938 » Natalie Wood, American actress († 1981)
• 1938 » Roger Hunt, English footballer
• 1938 » Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor
• 1941 » Don Chuy, American football player († 2014)
• 1941 » Kurt Raab, German actor, screenwriter, and production designer († 1988)
• 1941 » Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist († 2020)
• 1942 » Pete Hamilton, American race car driver († 2017)

• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1932 » René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)

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.
• April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
• May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
• September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
• November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

The temperature on July 20, 1940 was between 12.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.