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• Antoine Cyriel Blomme, Maldegem († 2021)
• Annie Geutjes, Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland († 2001)
• Margareta Marianne JAEGER, Rose Park, Victoria, AUSTRALIA († 2000)
• Johanna Martina (Jo) Zwanepol, Kampen († 2016)
• Frederika Wilhelmina Kloppenburg, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Marinus Kemp, Cothen (NL) († 2021)
• Franciscus Johannes Schuurbiers, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Franciscus Johannes Maria MESCHER, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1995)
• Margretha Helena BERKHOUT († 2023)
• Gerard Geurts, Oeffelt († 1996)

• Anna Philomena van Engelen (15), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Margaret Sendel (77), Marshall, Calhoun Co.Michigan
• Arie Diepenhorst (92), Rotterdam
• Anna Cserényi van Alsö-Balázsfalva (92), Posmus (Passbusch), Transsylvanië (Zevenburgen), Roemenië
• "Gaston" Joseph Henri Marie Jean Bernard de Prunelé (68), Yvré-l'Evêque, Sarthe, France
• Arendina Bottenberg (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allerdina Westerhof- (72), Groningen, Nederland
• Alfred Eduard van Hoorn (67), Bilthoven,Gemeente de Bilt,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Alfred Albert Hermann Schäfer (69), Hohen Neuendorf, Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany
• Albert Lambertus van de Water (80), Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)

• 1939 » Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
• 1939 » Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian († 2013)
• 1939 » Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic († 2015)
• 1940 » Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician († 1999)
• 1941 » John Geoghegan, American lieutenant († 1965)
• 1942 » Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 » James Hood, American activist († 2013)
• 1942 » Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician

• 1909 » George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
• 1917 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862)
• 1946 » Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
• 1956 » Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)

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.
• February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
• June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
• August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
• November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

The temperature on November 10, 1940 was between 3.6 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.