About the day » Sunday February 11, 1940Calender converter

• Carla Meijer, amsterdam († 1943)
• Antje Smeding, Muiden, NH, Nederland († 2001)
• David Edward Langelaan, Brighton, Sussex, England († 2007)
• Francis van den Heuvel, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Gerrit Kremer († 1983)
• Daniel Beernaert, Kortemark,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2012)
• Arie de Moel, Bergen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• George L Crocoll, Seattle King Washington († 2013)
• Cato Bertha Stiefel, Utrecht († 1942)
• Abraham Troost († 2023)

• Aantje Sterk (70), Meerkerk
• Anna Hendrica Maria Heg (64), Apeldoorn
• Aantje Jans STERK (70), Meerkerk Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Anna Louisa Wilhelmina Adriana van Gastel (1), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• adrianus van DAM (74), dubbeldam
• Aaltje Smit (0), Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Smulders (79), Breda
• Aaltjen ten Klooster (75), Smilde
• Adriana Vermeulen (73), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Israelsky (61), Schoeneberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

• 1937 » Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1937 » Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1937 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA († 1990)
• 1937 » Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist († 2010)
• 1938 » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer († 2018)
• 1939 » Gerry Goffin, American songwriter († 2014)
• 1940 » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1942 » Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1943 » Joselito, Spanish singer and actor

• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)

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. Annie
14. Jacoba
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 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• June 26 » World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
• June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
• July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
• November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
• December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

The temperature on February 11, 1940 was between -8.1 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??.