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• Bernard Duyck († 2001)
• Annetje Fokker, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2010)
• Linda Louise Nabors, unk († 2005)
• Adriana Henrica Nicolasina Schoenmakers, Vessem († 2011)
• Louisa Reiniera Geertruida Derksen, Arnhem
• Marvin Hoksbergen, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1950)
• Doodgeboren kind van Rijzewijk, Tilburg († 1940)
• AALTJE MOSTERT, HARDERWIJK († 2019)
• Antonius Adrianus Timmers, Haarlem († 2004)
• Eric Jerome Dutry, Oostnieuwkerke († 2019)

• Bernardus Jesephus van Bennekom (56), Harmelen
• Aquilla Woodbury (81), Tingha, New South Wales, Australia
• Catharina Clasina Bakker (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernardus Josephus van Bennekom (56), Harmelen, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Maria Mathezing (69), Amsterdam
• Adriana van der Nat (76), Oegstgeest
• Catharina Clasina Eedel Bloedt (42), Den Haag
• Adrianus Martinus Richters (67), Asten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Lukassen (77), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Braet (79), Moerkerke

• 1938 » Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor
• 1939 » Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator
• 1940 » Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1940 » Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer
• 1941 » Bill Thomas, American academic and politician
• 1941 » Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1941 » Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress
• 1941 » Richard Speck, American murderer († 1991)
• 1942 » Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright
• 1942 » Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter

• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)

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. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Annie
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.
• February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
• April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
• 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.
• July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
• November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

The temperature on December 6, 1940 was between 2.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.