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• Louis De Graef († 2014)
• Gerdy Gerritdina Wilmink, hengelo († 2019)
• Jacoba Baas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Koenraad Reinold de Vos van Steenwijk, Soerabaja, Java († 1941)
• Jacqueline Belle MacArthur, Alexander, Washington, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Maria Smit, Wormer († 2003)
• Harvey Melvin van Roekel, Murray County, Minnesota († 2011)
• Dave C McInelly, Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, United States of America († 2010)
• Madeline Marie Boomgaarden († 1992)
• Antonia Gerarda Maasmans, Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)

• Adriannus Fredrikus COENRAADS (80), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina van Oostrom (54), IJsselstein,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Theodora Antonia van Dinter (5), Helmond
• Andries Jan Leendert Bartels (50), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna van LEEUWEN (71), Wateringen
• Adriana Stoppelenburg (0), Stolwijk, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina (Kaatje) van Oostrom (54), IJsselstein
• Antoinette Trico (67), St Jans-Molenbeek, B
• Catharina Oostrom (Oosterom) (54), IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Kelder (27), Enschede

• 1938 » Barry Newman, American actor
• 1938 » Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1938 » Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
• 1938 » Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1939 » Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic
• 1940 » Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic
• 1940 » Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright
• 1941 » Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher
• 1941 » Madeline Gins, American poet and architect († 2014)
• 1942 » Tom Peters, American businessman and author

• 1919 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1933 » Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
• 1947 » K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)

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. Margaretha
13. Annie
14. Jacoba
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.
• June 8 » World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
• June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
• June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
• September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
• November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
• 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 November 7, 1940 was between 0.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.