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• Antonio (Tony) Mangado-Armangol, Salagnac Dordogne († 2011)
• Jean Louis BICHON, Moulimes 86 († 2000)
• Frits Janssen, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 2022)
• Anna Maria Dassen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1940)
• Catherine Latour, Opheers, België († 1967)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Maria KOENEN, Bemmel, Nederland († 1986)
• Catharina Maria Emma Antoinette Platteel, Weert († 1992)
• Christine Marie DeSandis, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Boudewyn Leopold Raymond Laurent Maria Vergauwe, Sint-Laureins († 2011)
• Carolus-Johannes Barth, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)

• Adrianus Noordam (20), 's-Gravenhage ZH/NLD
• * Willem (Wim) van Ingen (36), Klundert
• Abraham Jacobus Hage, s-Gravenhage
• Abraham Teeuw (27), Mill
• 00 Frederik Buurman (21), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Abraham Johannes Heuser (20), Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Adolf Schwing (46), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Zwart (69), Mook, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje de Boer (35), Almelo
• Abraham MIEOG (23), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1980)
• 1937 » Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1938 » Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
• May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
• 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 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
• August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
• October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.

The temperature on May 10, 1940 was between 5.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.