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• Frances Yvonne "Yvonne" Willeford ****, Colony, Washita, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Maria Stam, Den Burg († 1945)
• George Douglas Johnson, Jefferson County, Alabama († 1999)
• Bastianus Anthonius de Rooij, Jutphaas,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Gerrit Jan Croezen († 2021)
• Judith Caroline NEWMAN, Paducah, McCracken Co., KY († 1940)
• Frédéric RONCHAIN, Tertre, Henegouwen, België († 1999)
• Cornelia Petronella Klos, Pijnacker († 1946)
• Hendrik Van Der Kaap, Emmen († 1941)
• Jan Louis Polus, Genk († 2014)

• Anna Salter Morse (77), Tangipahoa, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• van de Kleut (0), Amersfoort
• Anna Catharina Hubertina SLUIJSMANS (78), Gronsveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Achiel Madeleine Govaerts (0), Hamme
• Bauke Johannes van der Meer (75), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Arie de Kloet (76), Kortenhoef (gem. Wijdemeren)
• Adrianus Oosters (89), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Wijgerse (32), in het Kanaal
• Albert Goud (45), Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesië
• Bernardus Adrianus Verboven (87), Chaam, Nederland

• 1938 » David Hart Dyke, English captain
• 1938 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1960)
• 1938 » Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
• 1939 » Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer
• 1940 » Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1940 » Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1940 » Mike Troy, American swimmer († 2019)
• 1941 » Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 » Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » John Elliott, Australian businessman

• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)

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. 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 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
• April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
• August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
• November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
• November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

The temperature on October 3, 1940 was between 6.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.