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• Anette Bittger, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 1991)
• Maria Cornelia Zoetelief, Den Helder († 1986)
• Maaike Pietertje van Bokkum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Karst Otter, Almelo († 1940)
• Patricia Ann Cuva **** († 2019)
• Jennigje Meenhorst, Zwartsluis († 2011)
• Klaas Feeke († 1995)
• Bert Megens († 2018)
• Adriana Cornelia Aanraad, Oud Gastel († 2012)
• Gerhardus Hendrikus ten Velde, Emmen († 2017)

• Aaltje Mannes Meulink (71), Zwolle
• Albert Metselaar (85), Hoogeveen
• Anna Maria Smorenberg (82), Alkmaar
• Antonius Aloisius Victor Guillaume van Lijf (0), Maastricht
• Adrianus Grandjean (67), Delft
• Antje Klom (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphe Joseph VAN COPPENOLLE (70), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antonius Schalcx (82), Boxtel
• Antonius Anthonius Schalkx (82), Boxtel, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Grandjean (67), Delft

• 1938 » Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop († 2012)
• 1938 » Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
• 1938 » Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
• 1939 » Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1939 » Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
• 1939 » Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic
• 1939 » Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1940 » James Welch, American novelist and poet († 2003)
• 1941 » Angela Watkinson, English educator and politician
• 1941 » Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver († 2014)

• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)

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.
• March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
• December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

The temperature on November 18, 1940 was between 2.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.