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• Illona Marie Weitnaver, Aitkin, Minnesota († 1996)
• Arnoldus Johannes Hijlkema, Harich, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)
• van der Naald, Sittard († 1940)
• henrietta aldegonda arnolda sommers, helden
• Gerrit de Vries, Siegerswoude († 2019)
• Geraldine CAMPBELL, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Huigbert"Bert" Schaap, Haarlem († 2017)
• Elbert Booij, Zwartsluis († 1996)
• Henriette Allegonda Arnolda Sommers, Helden, Limburg, Nederland
• Janice Faye Hartog, Seney, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2019)

• Agnes Array (84), Kantaka, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
• van der Naald (0), Sittard
• Angèlique Dumarquez, Auby, 59028, FRANCE
• Adriana Maria van der Zwaan (55), Ter Aar
• Adriana (Sjaan) Maria van der Zwaan (55), Ter Aar
• Adriana Maria van der Zwaan (55), Ter Aar (Ringdijk)
• Aagje de Wit (59), Sint Maarten
• Adrianus van der Wiel (71), Leiden
• Anthonie van Essen (74), (GL) Arnhem
• Alfred Léon Beeckman (33), Montévrain (F)

• 1938 » Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician
• 1938 » Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic († 2009)
• 1938 » Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress († 2011)
• 1940 » Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist († 2007)
• 1940 » John Stevens, English drummer († 1994)
• 1941 » David Walker, Australian race car driver
• 1941 » Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
• 1941 » Mickey Jones, American drummer († 2018)
• 1941 » Shirley Owens, American singer
• 1942 » Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist

• 1930 » Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (b. 1851)
• 1934 » Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (b. 1862)
• 1936 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 1939 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 1946 » Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 1949 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

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. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
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 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
• June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.

The temperature on June 10, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.