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• Jan Kooijmans, Dreumel († 2005)
• Javier Marie Henri Degelin, Tienen (B) († 2015)
• Hugh Edward Mills
• Karl-Heinz Schultze, Epe (Noordrijn-Westfalen), Duitsland († 2008)
• Frieda Löevering († 2003)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1940)
• Hubertina Maria Jacobs, 's Hertogenbosch
• Jan Bierkens († 1980)
• Geerdina Henderika JAGER, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis Marinus Petrus Kraus, Oudenbosch († 1962)

• Bernardus Johannes Wesselink (71), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Wesselink (71), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Janssen (73), Linne
• Bernardus ter Avest (80), Haaksbergen, 7480, Nederland
• Adolphus SNODGRASS (80)
• Abraham Martinus Petrus Dobbeling (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Kuipers (85), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Boon (87), Zoetermeer, Nederland
• ? (levenloos) den Braber (0), Sint Philipsland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Albertus Jacobus Brugman (50), Leiden, ZUI, Nederland

• 1937 » Manohar Joshi, Indian lawyer and politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1939 » Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1939 » Harry Reid, American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• 1939 » Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author, and politician
• 1940 » Willie Brown, American football player, coach, and manager († 2019)
• 1941 » Mike England, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1941 » Tom McGuinness, English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer
• 1942 » Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic political scientist and academic
• 1943 » Wayne Allard, American veterinarian and politician
• 1944 » Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo († 2006)

• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (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.
• February 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
• 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 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• 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.
• November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

The temperature on December 2, 1940 was between -5.5 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.