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• Adilson Furlan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1981)
• Bennie Hulst († 2006)
• Albert Janssen, Dersum († 2014)
• Jeanine Kay Michels, Iowa († 2013)
• Agnes Johanna Maria van Remmen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Hedzer van der Kooi, Hardegarijp († 2011)
• Cornelia Antonia Maria Vianen, Woerden († 2016)
• Jacques Herman Monas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Gerrit Christiaan Mulder, Leiden († 2017)
• Brigitta Cecilia Groot, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)

• Augusta Bethke (73), Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
• Anna Thomassen (83), Arnhem
• Diana A. Hilbrant (86)
• Adriana te Winkel (25), Metiusgracht 13, Alkmaar
• Bernardus Johannes Geling (77), Veendam
• Anna THOMASSEN (83), Arnhem (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Agatha Sesenop (77), Halfweg,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Edna May Ham (69), Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States
• * Jantje Teunissen van Manen (72), Ridderkerk
• Agatha Sesenop (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1938 » Jean Rochon, Canadian physician and politician
• 1938 » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author († 2005)
• 1940 » Betty Harris, American chemist
• 1940 » Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator
• 1941 » David Warner, English actor
• 1941 » Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright
• 1941 » Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician († 2007)
• 1942 » Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1943 » David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster

• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)

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. Annie
14. Margaretha
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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.
• January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
• 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 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
• 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.

The temperature on July 29, 1940 was between 9.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.