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• Greetje Johanna Harteveld, 's-Gravenhage († 2016)
• Marie Jeanne Everaert, Zele
• Anna Maria Emilie Delahaije, Hoensbroek, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1942)
• Adolf Aege Garrelt Mellema, Kampen († 2002)
• Doodgeboren kind Dorn, Eindhoven († 1940)
• Johannes (Jan) MACHIELSE, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Jacob Vis van der, Leiden Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Gerrit Hendrik Ouwens, SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Christina Louisa Maria van Bennekom, Hazerswoude-Dorp, Rijnwoude, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Marchien Bakering, Peize († 2011)

• Abraham Johannes Vonk (57), Zoeterwoude
• Abbie Genevia Conley (62), Leonardville, Deer Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick
• Adrianus van der Valk (71), Middelharnis
• Andries Boertien (42), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alfred Streuli (Straüli) (40), Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland
• Adriana Petronella van der Hoog (85), Amsterdam
• Albertus Staats (34), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Kip (82), Groenlo
• van Zuilen (0), Lopik
• Antonius van der Mast (68), Tilburg

• 1938 » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager († 2013)
• 1938 » Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff († 2007)
• 1938 » Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman
• 1939 » Louise Lasser, American actress
• 1939 » Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Col Firmin, Australian politician († 2013)
• 1940 » Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor († 1998)
• 1941 » Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
• 1941 » Shirley Stelfox, English actress († 2015)

• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (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. 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.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
• June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
• July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
• July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 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.

The temperature on April 11, 1940 was between -0.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.