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• van Es, Tienhoven († 1940)
• Annie Tensen († 2009)
• Elisabeth Catharina Maria Vermeer, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1994)
• Gerarda Cornelia Adriana Jonkers, Geldrop, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Bontje Zandstra, Eastermar, Nederland († 2019)
• Eugene H. Petrey [Wk || Bu] († 1985)
• Georges Marcel Louis De Klerck, Lissewege († 2014)
• van Beek († 2017)
• Hermanus Bernardus Wilken, Emmen († 1943)
• Ben Oudkerk († 2007)

• Albert Visser (52), Voorburg, Nederland
• Adriaan de KOK (88), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Isaac de Vogelaar (68), Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Cleeren (81), Putte, Nederland
• Adrianus Permentier (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Anthony Geus, Den Burg
• Anna Catharina Arets (44), Kerkrade (L
• Abraham CLEIREN (81), Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Gommers (64), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelaide Justin (72), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1938 » Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge († 2010)
• 1938 » Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
• 1938 » Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator († 2006)
• 1939 » Jack Fisher, American baseball player
• 1939 » Robert Shaye, American film producer
• 1940 » David Plante, American novelist
• 1940 » Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge
• 1941 » Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » James Zagel, American lawyer and judge
• 1941 » John Hancock, American film and television actor († 1992)

• 1938 » George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1944 » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1944 » Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
• 1944 » René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

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. Arie

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.
• March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
• March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
• June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
• August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
• September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.

The temperature on March 4, 1940 was between 1.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.