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• Jan Willem SPRONK, Oldebroek († 2007)
• Coenradus Adrianus Henricus Maria Koenders, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Hendrika Amelia van GULDEN, Magelang, INDONESIË († 1974)
• Jan Joseph Verhooren, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Jan Sanders, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelius Frederikus Maria van der Linden, Amsterdam
• James Curtis Beach, Eldon Miller, Missouri († 1990)
• Jacobus Petrus Martinus van den Berg, Voorhout († 2014)
• Augüsta Roza van Dam, Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Jacobus Gerardus Martinus de Winter, Noordwijkerhout († 2021)

• Anna Maria Boots (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia JAGER (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Kruithof Kremer (71), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ramshorst (0), Nijkerk (GL)
• Arthur Auerbach (60), Holocaust
• Elisabeth Hendrika Perwez (52), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Meijers (67), Loenen, Nederland
• Elisabeth Hendrika PERWEZ (52), Alkmaar
• Catharina Cecilia Laugs (75), Ohé &, Laak
• Augustines Johannes Donkel (48), Amersfoort

• 1938 » Alexis Jacquemin, Belgian economist and academic († 2004)
• 1938 » Eugene J. Martin, American painter († 2005)
• 1938 » John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer
• 1939 » David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury, English businessman and politician
• 1939 » Walt Bellamy, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1940 » Dan Hedaya, American actor
• 1941 » John Bond, English banker and businessman
• 1942 » Chris Sarandon, American actor
• 1942 » David Miner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player († 2000)

• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

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.
• March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
• June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
• August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

The temperature on July 24, 1940 was between 10.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.