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• Gijsberta Cornelia van Santen († 2015)
• Lieuwe Tymersma († 1970)
• infant Ravestein, Woerden,Gemeente Woerden,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1940)
• Dennis Ray Egdorf, Sioux County, Iowa († 2020)
• Adrianus Marinus Grund, Rotterdam († 1955)
• Dirk Versloot († 1997)
• Louise Cornelia Laarhoven, Den Haag, Nederland († 1941)
• Charles L Wilson, Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa, United States († 1946)
• Joop Stigter, Westerland († 2014)
• Marvin Dean McAllister, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2016)

• Bernardus Joannes BANNING (70), Stoutenburg,, Pays-Bas
• Catharina Bernardina Veenendaal (81), Rotterdam
• Catharina Wallaart (67), 's-Gravenhage
• Berdina Maria Catharina Reumer (83), Rotterdam
• Antonius van Bommel (83), BN
• Achiel Theophiel CALLEWAERT (62), Roeselare
• Adrianus Hopstaken (65), Kalmthout, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Adriana Heuvelmans (49), Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Bernardina Veenendaal (81), Rotterdam
• Carolus Alardus Josephus Maria NOLET (68), Maison-Carrée bij Algiers, Algerije

• 1938 » Lara Parker, American actress and author
• 1939 » Dallas Frazier, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1939 » John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
• 1939 » Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic († 2007)
• 1940 » John Gotti, American mob boss († 2002)
• 1940 » Maxine Hong Kingston, American author and academic
• 1941 » Dave Costa, American football player († 2013)
• 1941 » Dick Trickle, American race car driver († 2013)
• 1941 » Warren Ryan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1942 » Lee Greenwood, American singer-songwriter

• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)
• 1953 » Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)

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.
• February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
• 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 26 » World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
• June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• 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.
• November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

The temperature on October 27, 1940 was between -3.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.