About the day » Thursday November 7, 1940Calender converter

• Josef Hubben, Maiadorf († 1993)
• Madeline Marie Boomgaarden († 1992)
• Coenraad Reinold baron de Vos van Steenwijk, Soerabaya († 1941)
• Geertruida Schrier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Herman Smolders, Beerse, Antwerpen, Belgie († 2017)
• Annechiena Renske Koning-, Hoogezand, Nederland († 2014)
• Harold Thomas Lunsford, Amite County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Eleanor Mata, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Annechiena Renske Koning, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Norma Jean Yancey, Fort Valley, Virginia, United States († 2006)

• Arthur A Spicer, Vermilion County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinette Trico (67), St Jans-Molenbeek, B
• Klaver, Dantumadeel
• Catharina Eleonora Dijk (81), Utrecht
• Aantje Kouwenhoven (63), Culemborg
• Aaltien Zilverberg (50), Emmen
• Aaltien (Aaltje) Zilverberg (50), Emmen,Gemeente Emmen,Drente
• Alida Johanna van LEEUWEN (71), Wateringen
• Catharina (Kaatje) van Oostrom (54), IJsselstein
• Aaltje Kelder (27), Enschede

• 1938 » Barry Newman, American actor
• 1938 » Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1938 » Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
• 1938 » Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1939 » Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic
• 1940 » Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic
• 1940 » Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright
• 1941 » Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher
• 1941 » Madeline Gins, American poet and architect († 2014)
• 1942 » Tom Peters, American businessman and author

• 1919 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1933 » Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
• 1947 » K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)

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.
• January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
• April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
• June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
• August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.

The temperature on November 7, 1940 was between 0.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.