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• Jacqueline A Todd ****, Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Tijssen, Hulsel
• Auciria Cordeiro da Silva, Brazilië, Fazenda Nova (PE) († 1940)
• Gerrit Docter († 2013)
• Gerrit Jan Lueks, Diepenveen, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)
• Catharina Maria Doodeman, Nibbixwoud, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Adrianus Theodorus Zeestraten, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Annie de Bakker, Terneuzen(NL) († 2011)
• Adrianus Johannes Seijkens, Deurne en Liessel († 2007)
• Caroline Mae Stoppelmoor, Wolsey, Beadle, South Dakota († 1970)

• Antonius van Loon (73), Antwerpen (Belgie)
• Alexandrine STEENWINCKELS (82), Zetrud-Lumay, Province du Brabant Wallon, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Antonius Berghuis (74), Apeldoorn
• Aiko Blok (32), Valthermond (Odoorn)
• Anna VAN DER BERG (89), Leeuwarden(Friesland)
• Arie 't Hart (74), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Katharina van den Brand (72), Tilburg
• Antonie Post (23), Rotterdam
• Aart de Jong (86), Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Ekkerman (53), BLOEMENDAAL, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1939 » Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence
• 1939 » Tom West, American engineer and author († 2011)
• 1940 » Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Roy Thomas, American author
• 1940 » Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
• 1941 » Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Ron McClure, American jazz bassist
• 1941 » Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1941 » Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director
• 1941 » Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist († 2013)

• 1926 » Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)
• 1932 » William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1943 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
• 1944 » Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)
• 1948 » Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)

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.
• May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
• September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
• September 9 » Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

The temperature on November 22, 1940 was between 3.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.