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• Gerardus Cornelis Maria Broekhuijsen († 2015)
• Elisa Castillo, Travis, Texas († 2015)
• Jack Howard White Jr, Roswell, Eddy County, New Mexico († 2005)
• Doodgeboren kind Penthum, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1940)
• Christina Adriana Wassink, Vorden († 1996)
• Gerda Janna Hamhuis († 2023)
• Jeanne Schmeitz, Guttecoven,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna Neeter, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aloízio Michels, Bom Retiro, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2006)
• Antje Wanders, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 2021)

• Adam Bitz (62), Umitz
• Alberta Dijk (79), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus van Ierland (68), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anthonius Franciscus (Frans) van Ierlant (68), Tilburg
• Fransiscus Laurentius Pennings (52), Rosmalen
• Aart Bossenbroek (76), Waupun Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• August Oscar Anderson (67), Mediapolis, Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Antonius Franciscus van Ierlant (68), Tilburg
• Adam Britz (62), Urmitz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Duitsland
• Antonius Franciscus van Ierlant (68), Tilburg

• 1937 » Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent († 2015)
• 1937 » Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union († 2003)
• 1938 » Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist († 2010)
• 1938 » Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
• 1939 » Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
• 1941 » David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
• 1941 » Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
• 1942 » Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory († 2004)
• 1942 » Kent McCord, American actor

• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
• 1945 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1946 » William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
• 1953 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)

• 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.
• May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
• July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
• November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.

The temperature on September 26, 1940 was between 6.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.