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• Harm Kuiper († 1988)
• Gerhard Poker, Barger-Compascuum, DRE, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Maria Lamberta Kusters, Mill en St. Hubert († 2004)
• Jacobus Hendrik Zindel, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Emanuel Christian Groeneveld, Kediri, Java, Indonesië († 1989)
• H. Ernst († 2001)
• Gerhard Poker, Barger-Compascuum († 1944)
• Gerard Poker, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Joanna Van Herk, Veldhoven * NL * († 2007)
• Adriaantje Flohil, Ouddorp († 1941)

• Angelina SEGERS (88), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abraham van Bergen (86), Rotterdam
• Aleida Hoekman (45), Groningen
• Aaltje Jacobs Raven (72), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Brantenaar (43), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Voest (86), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Raven (72), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van den Berg (53), Haarlem
• Antonia Maria van Pinxteren (65), Sambeek
• Aagje van den Berg (53), Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1938 » Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
• 1938 » Stella Stevens, American actress and director
• 1938 » Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1939 » Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1939 » George Archer, American golfer († 2005)
• 1940 » Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
• 1940 » Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, and author of the best-seller, Women and Madness (1972)
• 1940 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1942 » Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
• 1942 » Herb Fame, American R&B singer

• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)

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. Annie
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.
• February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
• 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.
• May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
• August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
• August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
• September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.

The temperature on October 1, 1940 was between 1.4 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.