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• Catharina van den Berg, Schipluiden, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2020)
• Christine Joy NEWTON, 51 St Josephs Road, Hornsey, Middlesex († 2009)
• Cornelis Dijker, de polder Het Noorden (Texel)
• Hubertus Jacobus Weijers, Warmond († 2015)
• Alexander Jan Daniels Bastian, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Francina Wilhelmina Obbes, Soerabaja, Nederlands-Indië († 1999)
• Franklin J Boheman, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 2007)
• Hendrikje Zwiers, Bendersche, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Barry James Ellem († 1978)
• Alberta Borger, Almelo, Nederland († 2007)

• Adriana Petronella Maria Rijn (61), Utrecht
• Albertus Theodorus Geuijen (79), Gendringen
• Aatami Piela (55)
• Edna Laura Tapp (19), Mangantainoka, Pahiatua, New Zealand
• Eduard Arthur Theuvenet (53), Soerabaja,Oost-Java,Indonesi√´
• Elisabeth van der Steen (91), Maarssen
• Auguste Théophile OOGHE (75), Les Moëres, 59122, Nord, France
• Andrew Jackson McKinney (87), Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America
• Catharina Johanna Tibboel (43), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dagmar Carla Christine Berling (78), K�benhavn, Danmark

• 1936 » Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2012)
• 1938 » Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician († 2013)
• 1939 » Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
• 1939 » Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer († 2012)
• 1939 » Valerie Harper, American actress († 2019)
• 1940 » Bill McCartney, American football player and coach, founded Promise Keepers
• 1941 » Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
• 1942 » Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author († 1993)
• 1943 » Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
• 1943 » Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004

• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)

• 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.
• February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
• March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• 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.

The temperature on August 22, 1940 was between 8.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.