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• ANBEEK, Enschede NEDERLAND († 1940)
• Eveline Abels, Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia († 1940)
• Gouwy, Weelde (Antwerpen, BEL) († 2021)
• ELIZABETH MOERMAN, VLAARDINGEN († 2021)
• Gemma Dobbels, Izegem, België († 2001)
• A. P. M. Hendrikx, Geldrop Nederland († 1979)
• Annie Smulders, Sint Anthonis, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1986)
• Hendrik Willem Frederik Wiedeman, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Cornelis Johannes van der Krogt, Leidschendam, ZH, Nederland († 2018)
• Anna Maria Josephina Hemmer, Geesteren († 2005)

• Catharina Maria Vloet (70), Sambeek, Boxmeer
• Annechien Wering (74), Groningen
• Aaldert van der Bijl (6), Leeuwarden
• Arie van der WEIDEN (62), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Weert (63), Eindhoven
• Adrianus Marinus de BRESSER (25), Oisterwijk, 4060, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna JAGER (71), Kolham, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphons Franciscus Schalkens (45), Koewacht
• Andriëtta Christina de Witte (62), Stevensweert, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• bastiaan VINK (77), nieuw-beijerland

• 1935 » Frik du Preez, South African rugby player
• 1935 » Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet († 2010)
• 1936 » Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
• 1938 » Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player
• 1940 » Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Laura Antonelli, Italian actress († 2015)
• 1942 » Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 » R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter († 2012)
• 1943 » Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
• 1944 » Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter

• 1921 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1939 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
• 1953 » Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Robert
10. Adrianus
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. Annie
13. Margaretha
14. Jacoba
15. Marie
16. Aaltje

• 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 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• 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.
• June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
• October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.

The temperature on November 28, 1940 was between -0.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.