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• Boukje Couprie, Den Haag († 1940)
• Fenna Plasman († 2003)
• Fenna Plasman, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Jean Braden Farquhar, 3 Regent Street Portobello Scotland († 2003)
• Gretchen Timmer, Steen, Rock County, Minnesota († 2019)
• Elizabeth Henderika Trijntje Wiertsema, Hefswal, Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland († 2021)
• Gabriel Antonius Geraeds, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1956)
• Florent Nico Marcel Theunissen, Veldwezelt († 1960)
• Billy Opperman, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2008)
• Danny GARRINGER, Jay County († 1980)

• Charles Elmer Carl (58), Columbia Co.Pennsylvania, United States
• Carlos Maria Hoenen (59), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Cornelia Anna de Bont (72), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van VELDHUIZEN (77), Bennekom (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Albertus van Veldhuisen (77), Ede
• Cornelia Rood (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Carel Anthonius van Zeeland (70), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Bartha Rorije (41), Oldebroek
• Barta Rorije (41), Oldebroek
• aloijsius joseph peter reinold van nunen (58), deurne

• 1938 » Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho († 1996)
• 1939 » Ernesto Castano, Italian football player
• 1939 » Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist and engineer
• 1940 » Jules Albert Wijdenbosch, Surinamese politician
• 1941 » Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop
• 1941 » Clay Carroll, American baseball player
• 1941 » Eddy Louiss, French jazz musician († 2015)
• 1941 » Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver († 2016)
• 1942 » Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman
• 1942 » Wojciech Pszoniak, Polish film and theater actor

• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)

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.
• 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.
• February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
• October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.

The temperature on May 2, 1940 was between 8.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.