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• Geertje Koekoek, Nieuwlande, Coevorden († 1940)
• Josephus Maria Paulus (Jos) CASTELEIN, Oostende († 1979)
• Jan De Roo, Ter apel († 2021)
• Gesina Johanna Velthuis, Geesteren († 1940)
• Erik Elisabeth Emiel Fermont, Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2010)
• André Renée Marcel Johan Kauwenberghs, 's-Gravenhage, ZUI, Nederland († 1996)
• Johannes Fredericus Hoogervorst, Lisse († 2020)
• Alfred DeWayne Townsend, Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Freddy Gans, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Bert Munnink, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2012)

• Aalbert Kelderman (80), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verberne (77), Amsterdam
• Annie Garnam (78), Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
• Adriana Marie Bertens (65), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Hendrika Lemckert (85), Loosduinen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Anna van ADRICHEM (69), Delft
• Anna Pieternella Korteland (9), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella Korteland (9), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Bertens (65), Tilburg
• Anna Marianne Heidemann, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1938 » John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 1938 » Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations († 2018)
• 1938 » Mary W. Gray, American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer
• 1939 » John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic
• 1939 » Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator († 2004)
• 1940 » John Havlicek, American basketball player († 2019)
• 1941 » J. J. Jackson, American soul/R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger
• 1941 » Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
• 1942 » Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics († 2006)

• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)

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.
• April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
• September 9 » Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
• October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

The temperature on April 8, 1940 was between 2.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.