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• Betty Palmen, Geleen († 2018)
• Bernardus Adrianus Jacobus Heemskerk, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 2000)
• Andre Humphrey Halfhide, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2005)
• Robert Lee Slack, Hawthorne, California († 1998)
• Henriette Lormans, Bilzen († 2020)
• Abraham Buitenkant, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Rikus Kolthoff († 1965)
• laura delfina Quarteroni, Ornica, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia († 1947)
• Janice Margaret Berg, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Gordon James Potter, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1940)

• Anje Maria Joffers (72), Schagen
• Constant Balthazar Marie Grijseels (66), soest
• Caroline Vilhelmine Petersen (79), Kalvehave, Kalvehave sogn, Præstø amt
• Visser (89), Sliedrecht
• Agaath Oomkens (90)
• Aart van Soeren (59), Utrecht
• Calsina Pot (72), Utrecht
• de Lange (0), De Bilt
• Aukje DONIA (60), Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands
• Cornelia den Boer (83), Zierikzee (Gem. Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland

• 1938 » Frank Misson, Australian cricketer
• 1938 » Len Killeen, South African rugby league player († 2011)
• 1939 » Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania
• 1939 » Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist and academic
• 1939 » Richard Zare, American chemist and academic
• 1939 » Tom Harkin, American commander, lawyer, and politician
• 1939 » Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer († 2017)
• 1940 » Gary Gruber, author and expert on test-prep
• 1941 » Dan Haggerty, American actor and producer († 2016)
• 1941 » Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

• 1924 » Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1928 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
• 1931 » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
• 1938 » Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
• 1943 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
• 1949 » James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)
• 1954 » Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891)

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.
• June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
• June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
• June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
• September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.

The temperature on November 19, 1940 was between 2.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.