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• Gonda Hilda Roskam († 2010)
• Geerdiena Willemina Huizing, Emmen († 2008)
• James Howard Warren, West Frankfort, Franklin, Illinois, United States († 2000)
• Engelina Post, Westbroek († 1956)
• Hendrikus Groothoff, Thesingen († 2015)
• Jitha Schaap, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Lijntje Mijna den Ouden, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Hendrikje Meilof, Smilde († 2011)
• David Gary Culver, Tuscarora Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania († 2009)
• Eva Maria Vonolfen, Austria († 2018)

• adriana aalberts, heerlen (limburg)
• Cornelis van Zwieten (54), Vinkeveen
• Coleta Van den Wyngaert (78), Merksem
• Anna (Antje) Gerrits (62), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert Drenthen (78), Schoonebeek
• Aleidus Lucas Benthem (80), Nijmegen
• Celina Lannoy (66), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van der Neut (0), amsterdam, Nederland
• Aartje Vervoorn (62), Brakel (Gld), Nederland
• Berdina Johanna Verhoef (52), Utrecht

• 1938 » Morris Lurie, Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 2014)
• 1939 » Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1939 » Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model
• 1939 » Harvey Goldstein, English statistician and academic
• 1939 » Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
• 1941 » Bob Wilson, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1941 » Marcel Berlins, French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic
• 1941 » Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1915 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
• 1917 » Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
• 1919 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1923 » Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869)
• 1942 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)

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 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
• June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
• 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.

The temperature on October 30, 1940 was between -3.7 and 3.5 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.