About the day » Monday September 9, 1940Calender converter

• Klaas Aartsz Drost, Broek op Langedijk, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Hinderikus Hermannus Jozef (Henk) Bölle, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland-Zandberg († 1978)
• Hendrikus Bril († 2010)
• Cornelia Elsman († 1985)
• Kathryn (Katie) ADKINS, Wayne County West Virginia U.S.A († 1976)
• Franciscus Petrus Grogorius Nijhof, Casteren († 1991)
• Franciscus Petrus Gregorius Nijhof, Casteren († 1991)
• Jason ROETERS, Zeeland Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A († 1941)
• Maria Magdalena (Madeleine) Portanger († 2012)
• Marie Sindoll, Townsend, Montana († 2004)

• Anko Boerema (81), Leens
• Barbara Demmendal (78), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Stijnen (68), Susteren
• Corstianus Johannes Matthias Godschalx (72), Berlicum
• Eliza WILLIAMS (89), Longford, Tasmania, Australia
• Kokkelkoren, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Fischer (84), Horsten, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Jannette Selling (56), Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Van Der Grift (75), de Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dan G Shelby (52), Dallas, Dallas, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1938 » Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2012)
• 1938 » John Davis, English anthropologist and academic
• 1939 » Ron McDole, American football player
• 1940 » Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
• 1940 » Joe Negroni, American doo-wop singer († 1978)
• 1941 » Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language († 2011)
• 1941 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1967)
• 1941 » Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
• 1942 » Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist
• 1942 » Inez Foxx, American singer

• 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
• 1943 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)

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. Annie
13. Margaretha
14. Jacoba
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 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
• June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
• November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

The temperature on September 9, 1940 was between 6.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.