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• levenloos geboren kind († 1940)
• Joseph Edward Liberton, St Louis, Missouri, United States († 1999)
• Everardus Antonius van Kouwen, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonio Yuste Mateos, Santa Amalia, Spanje († 2014)
• Gerrit Veerman († 2010)
• Jentina Wolterdina Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
• Jacob Kroezen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Alfons Adriaan Ludovicus Van de Keybus, Essen († 1941)
• Doodgeboren kind van der Velden, Tilburg († 1940)
• Hubertus Martinus Jacobus de Vreede, Den Haag († 2005)

• Baukje de Vries (74), Twijzelerheide, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Abraham Remeeus (60), Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje Jacobsdr de Hart (69)
• Blaas van Belzen (64), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• onbekend, Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof)
• Anna de Regt (72), Rhenen
• Anna Margaretha Casparie (78), Groningen
• Ava M Cook (45), Houston, Harris County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Aafje Brinkman (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Lelijveld (73), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland

• 1936 » Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 » Hervé de Charette, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1938 » Terry O'Neill, English photographer († 2019)
• 1939 » Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
• 1939 » Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research
• 1940 » Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician
• 1941 » Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1942 » Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter († 2018)
• 1943 » Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician

• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
• 1938 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Robert
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. Jacoba
13. Annie
14. Margaretha
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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.
• February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
• April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
• 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.
• August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
• September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.

The temperature on July 30, 1940 was between 12.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.