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• Gertrud Maria Mengerink, Zwolle († 2005)
• Hendrik van der Kaap, Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 1941)
• Jan Hendrik de Boer, Haarlem († 2003)
• Judith Caroline NEWMAN, Paducah, McCracken Co., KY († 1940)
• Jan Willem Burgwal († 2014)
• Gerrit Jan Croezen († 2021)
• Jacob Nap, Ouder-Amstel, Nederland († 1941)
• Johan Hendrik Berndt, Stadskanaal († 1965)
• Josée Gielen, Sint-Truiden, België († 1998)
• Dirk Teeuw, Delft († 2003)

• arie cornelis de ruiter (69), utrecht
• Barbara Pieters (90), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abele Kloostra (65), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertha Lucie Adolphine Julienne Willems (75), Ixelles (Bruxelles), Belgique
• Antonius Couwenbergh (69)
• Annette Louise Swijter (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Anthonie Wijgerse (32), in het Kanaal
• Arie Jol (53), in het Kanaal
• (roepnaam Johann) Gottlieb Johan Wilhelm Rosenkranz (Rozenkranz) (80), Nijmegen
• Arie de Kloet (76), Kortenhoef, Nederland

• 1938 » David Hart Dyke, English captain
• 1938 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1960)
• 1938 » Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
• 1939 » Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer
• 1940 » Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1940 » Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1940 » Mike Troy, American swimmer († 2019)
• 1941 » Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 » Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » John Elliott, Australian businessman

• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)

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. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
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.
• June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• July 10 » World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
• September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
• November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

The temperature on October 3, 1940 was between 6.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.