About the day » Thursday September 19, 1940Calender converter

• Fake Jager, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Jan Boeve, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Henk Verstijnen, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Antonia Henrica Maria Laros, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Fake Jager, Westerbork, Nederland († 1940)
• Joy Marie Rezek, Galveston, Galveston, TX († 2010)
• herman hendrikus peter (herman) verbugt, helden-panningen
• Allegonda (Gonda) Waalkens, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 2012)
• Jan Prins, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Herman Logtenberg, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1999)

• Anna Christina Maria de Jongh (65), Breda
• Andries van Nierop (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Angnieta Engelman (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Franciscus Hubertus Lenders (35), Maasbree
• Auther Philip Gaillard (48)
• Berendina Johanna Letteboer (25), Almelo
• Catharina van NIEROP (80), Rotterdam
• Akke Johannes Klaver (81), Amsterdam
• Antje Woltman (78), Groningen
• Allyn Duane Vogel (4), Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1939 » Bruce Bastin, English musicologist and author
• 1939 » Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Louise Botting, English journalist and author
• 1939 » Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach († 1972)
• 1940 » Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1940 » Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1940 » Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 » Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
• 1941 » Umberto Bossi, Italian politician

• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)

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 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
• June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
• June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
• October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
• December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

The temperature on September 19, 1940 was between 10.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.