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• Cornelis│Cees van Egmond│Vermae, Leiden († 2014)
• James Reginald (Reggie) Sievenpiper, Litchfield, Minnesota, VS († 1987)
• Diny Parijs, Vlijmen († 2016)
• Catharina Taekes Galama, Slootdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Geertruida Maria Spruijt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Afra maria(aaf) Steur, Volendam († 2004)
• Georgius Leonardus Arkesteijn, 's-Gravenzande,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Janneke (Ann) van Dixhoorn, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 2020)
• Gerrit Jan Tromp, Holthone († 2016)
• Frans Johannes Adrianus Maria Luijten, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 2003)

• Cornelia Warrels(warens) (38), haarlem
• Adriaan Louwerse (87), Kapelle, Zeeland, NL
• Dingena Romijn (69), Almkerk
• Brand van Barneveld (70), Amerongen
• Anna Beatrice OSTERHAUS (53), Tennessee U.S.A
• Dimphna Antonia Maria Aarts (0), Schipluiden
• Antonia Kamphuis (18), Ommen
• Anna Gerharda van Rhoon (85), Nieuwveen, Nieuwkoop,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Smit (69), Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Siberdinus de Blécourt (67), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1936 » Virna Lisi, Italian actress († 2014)
• 1938 » Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician († 2007)
• 1938 » Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet
• 1938 » Satch Sanders, American basketball player
• 1939 » Meg Wynn Owen, Welsh actress
• 1941 » Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
• 1942 » Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey
• 1942 » Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster
• 1943 » Martin Peters, English footballer and manager († 2019)
• 1944 » Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress

• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)

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 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
• August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

The temperature on November 8, 1940 was between 0.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.