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• Bastiaan de ROO, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerardus van Rhee, Wellerlooi († 1943)
• Andreas Beeks, Helden († 1944)
• Alberta Johanna Taentzer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• James Charles Selles, Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1958)
• Gemma Antoinette van Soest, Den Haag († 2023)
• Harm Benjamins, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Francine Coppens, Rosmalen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Jo Trines, Beringe († 2010)
• Jan Nicolaas vader († 2013)

• Arie Benders (68), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Govert Verspuij (64), Zuilen, Utr, Nederland
• Annetha Frederica Wiersum (61), Groningen
• Alcinda Castello Branco (66), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arend de Jong (85), Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Horsfield (80), Jesmond, New South Wales, Australia
• Arend du Bois (85), Kampen, Ov, The Netherlands
• (2) Sophia Paulina Rogier (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina de Boer (72), Amsterdam
• Broer Spaan (50), Haarlem

• 1938 » Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
• 1938 » Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 » Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1991)
• 1939 » Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano († 1993)
• 1940 » Amjad Khan, Indian actor & director († 1992)
• 1940 » Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician
• 1940 » Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician
• 1943 » Brian Hyland, American pop singer
• 1943 » Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1943 » Wallace Shawn, American actor, comedian and playwright

• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)
• 1955 » Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)

• 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 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
• May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• June 10 » World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
• July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
• November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
• November 11 » World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.

The temperature on November 12, 1940 was between 7.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.