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• Josephus Albertus Maria van Rooij, Volkel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kepers, Roosendaal en Nispen (NL) († 1940)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Arendina (Johanna) Megelink, Borculo, Nederland († 2003)
• Hendrik Cornelis Johannes Kock († 1992)
• Della Marie Brown, Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States († 2010)
• Gordon Paul Hammel († 2005)
• Gary Lee de Vries, Ìowa († 1941)
• Maasje Jansen († 2010)
• Arie Hoogendam, Vlaardingen († 2010)
• Henk Goedhart, Den Bosch († 2006)

• Abraham van der Meer (89), Miedlum
• Benjamin Jones (83), Precinct 1, Scurry, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Augustus van Mulukom (71), Hees, Nijmegen, Nederland
• Arthur Ernest De Paepe (79), Gent
• Kepers (0), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Barbara Caris (72), Nijmegen
• Aart Velthuizen (70), Ridderkerk (Ridderkerk) (Zuid Holland)
• Adriana Maria Reinsbergen (59), Schiedam
• Bartholomeus Tieman (66), Utrecht, NL
• Aaron Mendenhall (68)

• 1938 » Alan G`ilzean, Scottish footballer and manager († 2018)
• 1939 » C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
• 1939 » Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist († 1998)
• 1940 » Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Raindrops) († 2009)
• 1940 » Jane Holzer, American model, actress, producer, and art collector
• 1940 » Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
• 1941 » Colin Milburn, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1941 » Igor Smirnov, Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
• 1941 » René Metge, French rally driver
• 1942 » Michael Crichton, American author, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)

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. Margaretha
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.
• 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 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• 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.
• November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

The temperature on October 23, 1940 was between 3.3 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.