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• Gerrit Bosch († 2021)
• Koob de Haan († 1995)
• Bonnie Catherine Leenerts, Norfolk Madi, Nebraska († 2003)
• Barend Jan Hendrik ter Haar, Hengelo († 2019)
• Hindrika Homan, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Geartsje van der Schaaf, Tsjom († 2020)
• Aleida Catharina Wieskamp, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Johanna M. Gadella († 2024)
• Betty Joan Livingston, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States († 2010)
• Gerrit van der Vegt, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)

• Bernardus Johannes Kerkhof (44), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Allan Aloysius Ryan (60), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
• Anna Maria Cornelia Mol (50), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jannetje Koper (79), Zandvoort
• Anna Maria Berns (69)
• Anne Eetzes KOOISTRA (79), Grijpskerk, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaron Kerkhof (67), USA German valley Illinois
• Anna Maria Cornelia Mol (50), Oud Gastel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van Veen (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Gesina Christina SCHINDLER (78), Hilversum (Noord-Holland), Nederland

• 1939 » Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1939 » Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon
• 1939 » Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1939 » John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
• 1939 » Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1939 » Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer († 1988)
• 1940 » Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter († 2008)
• 1940 » Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician and academic
• 1940 » Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna († 2007)
• 1940 » Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic

• 1928 » Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (b. 1863)
• 1929 » John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia († 1929)
• 1934 » Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Flora Call Disney, American mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1943 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)

• 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.
• January 8 » World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
• February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
• April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• July 3 » World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.

The temperature on November 26, 1940 was between 2.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.