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• Hendrik Boekhoudt, (GR) Oldekerk († 1942)
• Cornelis Abraham de Mos, Scheveningen († 2022)
• Hendrik Peter van Klingeren, Baarn († 1992)
• Angèle Dellaert, IJzendijke († 1995)
• Doodgeboren kind Mijland, Tilburg († 1940)
• Gerrigje Snippe, Avereest († 1970)
• Adrian Cornelius Koolen, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Ina Rijkhoff, Spanbroek († 1971)
• Hendrik van de Kolk, Uddel († 2000)
• Arendje Elisabeth Buth, Middelharnis († 1970)

• Arnold Daniël Hermanus Quintus (72), Arnhem
• Antonia Petronella van Gestel (77), Ginneken en Bavel
• Anne Douwes Bergsma (66), Welsrijp/Hennaarderadeel
• Arnold Daniël Herman Jonkheer Quintus (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Barnhoorn (67), Noordwijk
• Adriana MUILWIJK (79), Tienhoven
• Alida van der Meer (78), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Meer (78), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Anne Bergsma (66), Hennaarderadeel, Gemeente Littenseradeel
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Wensveen (42), Den Haag

• 1937 » Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1994)
• 1937 » Christopher Booker, English journalist and author
• 1938 » Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1939 » Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
• 1939 » Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic († 2019)
• 1939 » Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)
• 1939 » John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 1939 » Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
• 1940 » Bruce Vento, American educator and politician († 2000)
• 1942 » Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality

• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)

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. Annie
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 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
• July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
• August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
• September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
• December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

The temperature on October 7, 1940 was between 6.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.