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• N.N. Geluk, St. Maartensdijk
• Johannes Jacobus Verberg, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1940)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Tol, Muntendam († 1988)
• Jan Hannema, Huins, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• N.N. Witlox, Gilze en Rijen († 1940)
• Mary Marceyle Rauch, Hancock County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Bauke Beimers, Sint Jacobiparochie († 2004)
• Gerr van Oorsouw, Eindhoven († 2016)
• Jantje Langejans Sijbring, Grolloo, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)
• Hendrik Willem Voet, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)

• Andries Hendrik Marinus Mol (25)
• Alida Maria van der Raad (94), Noordwijk, Nederland
• Berendina Geertruida Slaghekke (37)
• Beitske De Boer (80), Baarderadeel Friesland Nederland
• Barbara Josepha Dautzenberg (58), Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf
• Barend de Leeuw (55), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Hendrika Mensink (29), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Caroline "Callie" Simmons (84), Lafayette, Louisiana
• Arnoldus Franciscus Antonius Nieuwstadt (61), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Earl Manley (46), Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio

• 1938 » Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author
• 1938 » William Corlett, English author and playwright († 2005)
• 1939 » Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1939 » Harvey Pekar, American author and critic († 2010)
• 1939 » Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal
• 1940 » Fred Cash, American soul singer
• 1940 » Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
• 1941 » Shane Stevens, American author

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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.
• April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
• May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
• June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

The temperature on October 8, 1940 was between 4.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.