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• Jeannine DECEUNINCK, Roeselare († 2017)
• Cornelis Nettenbreijer, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Cornelia Henrica Margaretha Kuijsters, Gilze en Rijen († 1941)
• Abdel Mouttalab Ménara, La Marsa, Tunesia († 2013)
• Catharinus (Cor) van 't Schip, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Hennie Bakker, Urk (FL) Nederland († 2003)
• Elisabeth Maria Raven, Laren († 2016)
• Karen Louise Egging, Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Hendrikje Bakker († 2003)
• John Kan, Haarlem († 2022)

• Adriana Moesman (72), Den Haag,-
• Christian Combe (82)
• Anna Catharina Johanna Meershoek (83), Den Haag
• Arie Glimmerveen (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Lenia (Leonie) Daemen (48), Maastricht, Nederland
• Albert Bronsink (63)
• Charles Bernard Hauskins (62), Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois
• Bartholomeus Mosseveld (77), Hillegom
• Adrianus Hendricus Maria Naastepad (53), Den Haag
• Baylor McCullock Perdue (78), Haskell, Haskell, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1937 » Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1937 » R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic
• 1937 » Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1938 » Michael Stear, English air marshal († 2020)
• 1939 » Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician
• 1939 » Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player († 2018)
• 1940 » Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter
• 1941 » Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1942 » Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
• 1942 » Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician

• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)

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. Jacoba
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 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
• May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• 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.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
• November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on October 11, 1940 was between 4.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.