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• Antonius Wouter van den Heuvel († 1996)
• Adrianus Pooter, Eindhoven († 2017)
• James Reginald (Reggie) Sievenpiper, Litchfield, Minnesota, VS († 1987)
• Adriaan Laurus (Ad) Dagevos, Wemeldinge († 2011)
• Gerrit Jan Tromp, Holthone († 2016)
• Diny Parijs, Vlijmen († 2016)
• Gerrit van der Ven († 1998)
• Agnes Johanna van den Rotten, Noordwijkerhout († 2013)
• Dirk van Zaanen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Catharina Taekes Galama, Slootdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)

• David Lissauer (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Brand van Barneveld (70), Amerongen, Nederland
• Adriaan Marginus Veldhuizen (0), Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Plas (60), Schiedam (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Beatrice OSTERHAUS (53), Tennessee U.S.A
• Antonius van de Vliert (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Jannetje Plona Spoon (37), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dimphna Antonia Maria Aarts (0), Schipluiden
• Adriaan Louwerse (87), Kapelle, Zeeland, NL
• Cornelis Edam (75), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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. Adrianus
10. Robert
11. Petrus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
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.
• May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• June 15 » World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
• September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
• November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
• November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

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.