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• Henk Zwarthoed († 2020)
• Jacoba Wesselink, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Geertruida Maria Jacoba van Tol, Katwijk († 2022)
• Johanna Victorie, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Maria Kuyten († 1959)
• Anna Catharina Johanna Bleeser, Maastricht, Nederland († 2014)
• Antje Breeuwsma, Wymbritseradeel († 1963)
• Josephus Antonius Cornelis Egberts, 's-Gravenhage († 1940)
• Johannes Petrus Theodorus BREDIUS, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Hendrikus Johannes Loeffen, Oeffelt († 1942)

• Adrianus Marijnis Luijkx (72), Oud-en Nieuw-Gastel
• Aartje van den Broek (77), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Helm (65), Delft
• Adriana Buckens (94), Fijnaart en Heijningen, NB, Nederland
• Antonia Hollander den (85), Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Vermeul (63), Boskoop
• Akke Eeltjes (Effie) Kalfsbeek (78), ,, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Johanna Lodewijk (67), Portugaal
• Adrianus Havermans (69), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobs (85), Achthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1938 » Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer († 1996)
• 1938 » Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer († 2005)
• 1939 » Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter
• 1940 » Ilario Castagner, Italian football manager
• 1940 » John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler († 1974)
• 1941 » Joan Wallach Scott, American historian, author, and academic
• 1941 » Sam Andrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1941 » Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpet player and composer
• 1942 » Lenore Blum, American mathematician and academic

• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)

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.
• June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• 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.
• June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
• November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on December 18, 1940 was between -0.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.