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• Elisabeth Gysel, Diksmuide († 1999)
• Marva Lou SEEKMAN († 2012)
• Maria Clothilde Josepha De Wachter, Hingene († 2013)
• Andries Zwaab, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Allegonda Debora Regtien († 1963)
• Josephina Maria van Vilsteren, Zwolle († 1944)
• Marija Subic, Lučine, Gorenja vas-Poljane, Gorenjska, Slovenië († 2007)
• Johannes Constant Gerardus Coenen, Obbicht
• Grietje Jans Post, Graft, Nederland († 2002)
• Josephina Maria van Vilsteren, Zwolle († 1944)

• Apolonia Schelfhout (86), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aagje Bas (79), 's-Hertogenbosch NB NL
• Anna Clasina Maria Gordijn (18), Schipluiden
• Aagje Oldenburg (66), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• adriana KLOOT (82), haastrecht
• Anna von Lowtzow (82)
• Bartus Karssen (80), Harderwijk
• André Jean Marie van Outryve d'Ydewalle (66)
• Bessie Maria Stanley (65), Akron, Summit County, Ohio
• Apolonia Maria van Dreumel (68), Nootdorp

• 1938 » Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer († 1961)
• 1938 » John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1939 » Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 » Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1939 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter († 1984)
• 1940 » Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1940 » Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer († 1981)
• 1940 » Penelope Keith, English actress
• 1941 » Dr. Demento, American radio host
• 1941 » Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter

• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

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.
• January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
• January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
• September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.

The temperature on April 2, 1940 was between 6.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.