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• Franciscus Heijmans, Drunen († 1942)
• Abraham Matthijs Beekenkamp, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Eduard De Peuter, Poederlee, Lille, België († 1999)
• Johannes Gerhardus Leonardus ten Tije, Haaksbergen († 2000)
• Maria Johanna Rijk, De Koog (Texel, NH) († 2008)
• Marianne Beatrix Charlotte Pessers, Eindhoven, NB Netherlands († 1999)
• Marianne Pessers, Eindhoven († 1999)
• Bertie Schmitz, Roermond († 1999)
• Marcel Petre, Sint-Truiden, België († 2003)
• Klaas Ketelaar, Nieuw Weerdinge (Emmen) († 2017)

• Agatha Reus (49), Beesd, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• André Jackson Reinhardt (84), São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil
• Beatrix Lucy Douglas-Home (64)
• Aagje van Duijn (82), Zandvoort
• Abraham Ballasohn, Beth Isaac Adath Israel Cemetery Dundalk, Baltimore County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Gijbertsen (74)
• Aartje Gijsbertsen (74), Nijkerk
• Aaltje Hennipman (86), HIlversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Kuipers (52), Sneek
• Arie de Jong (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1933 » Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist († 2019)
• 1937 » Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor († 2012)
• 1938 » Mack Jones, American baseball player († 2004)
• 1939 » Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2019)
• 1939 » Michael Schwerner, American activist († 1964)
• 1940 » Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
• 1941 » Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1999)
• 1941 » Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2016)
• 1946 » George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 2017)
• 1946 » Sally Field, American actress

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

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.
• February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
• June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
• September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• 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.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

The temperature on November 6, 1940 was between 5.8 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.