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• Olga Louise Herst, Malang, Indonesië († 2014)
• Petrus.A.J.M. Swagemakers, Steenbergen († 2019)
• (Stillborn) DIJKSTRA, Ulrum Groningen Netherlands († 1940)
• Maartje van Vliet, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Geertje Timmer, Loeksham, Wilhelmsoord, Emmen († 2012)
• Colette Marie Antoine, Polson, Lake, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Johnny Dale Lake, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Maria Elisabeth Mak, Schiedam († 2013)
• Helena Wijnanda Maria van Muijden († 2003)
• Gerardus Hubertus van Balkom († 2011)

• onbekend, Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof)
• Amalia Feronica Birsak (71), Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia
• Addie Roena Harwell (71), Johnson, Texas, United States
• Aaltje de Vent (85), Oldemarkt
• Anthonie van Zijp (86), Leiden
• Adrianus Johannes Fioole (83), Klundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• aagje BOER (77), rotterdam
• Agnis Aartje Jongtien (66), Harderwijk
• Berthus Köhlenberg (56), Den Haag, prov. Zuid-Holland
• Alice Jane DOWERS (79), Sandhill, Pembury, Kent

• 1938 » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1939 » Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic († 2017)
• 1939 » John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1939 » Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1940 » Angel Lagdameo, Filipino archbishop
• 1940 » Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist († 2006)
• 1940 » Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Doris Coley, American singer († 2000)
• 1941 » François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter
• 1941 » Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)

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. Arie

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 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
• June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
• June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
• June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
• November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.

The temperature on August 2, 1940 was between 13.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.