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• Ane Langli, Norway († 2020)
• Albert Baumgärtner, Kißlegg, Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland († 2010)
• Alida Maria Cornelia Nelis, Haarlemmerliede († 1992)
• Jan Scholten, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Harke Teekema († 2002)
• Jacoba Fokkema, Ee († 2019)
• Gerrit Bulsing, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 2008)
• Gerrit de Jonge, Emmen († 1940)
• Audrey Everdena Berghorst, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2018)
• Alida Maria Cornelia Nelis, Haarlemmerliede, Gem. Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Bernard Elias Harbord (56), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Constantinus Scherpenseel, van (72), Tiel
• Christiana Sijtsma (34), Hoorn
• Albert van Ankeren (91), Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Hubertina Judith Cardinaals (83), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Allegonda van den Bosch (73), Mook en Middelaar, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Bollee (70), Rotterdam
• Anna, Maria Diëltiens (77), Essen (B)
• Adrianus Rietveld (84), Nieuwer Amstel
• Eduard Hanri Eustace Kool (77), Haarlem

• 1936 » Roy Emerson, Australian-American tennis player and coach
• 1936 » Takao Saito, Japanese author and illustrator, created Golgo 13
• 1937 » Dietrich Möller, German lawyer and politician, 15th Mayor of Marburg
• 1937 » Jim Houston, American football player († 2018)
• 1938 » Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor
• 1938 » Jean Rollin, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1938 » Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician and academic
• 1940 » Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter
• 1943 » Bert Jansch, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)

• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
• 1939 » Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Jean Metzinger, French artist, (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Wilhelm Reich, Ukrainian-Austrian psychotherapist and author (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Paul Willis, American actor and director (b. 1901)

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.
• January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
• May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
• June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
• 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.
• August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on November 3, 1940 was between 7.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 34.3 mm of rain during 17.6 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.