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• Antje (Ans) Guiting († 1999)
• N.N. SILLEN, Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1940)
• Frederik Jan Vreugdenburg, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Freddie Heinrich Reinhard Alders, Vlissingen († 2014)
• Max Trompert, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Kyra Ingrid Maria Theresia (Kyra) van der Zee, Leeuwarden († 1991)
• Gijsbert Bouw, Nijkerk († 1954)
• Ine Leferink († 2010)
• Lea Baevens, Lille († 1997)
• George Francis Wardell, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2000)

• Anthonie Gerrit Honig (76), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Dirks Miedema (68), Ferwerd
• Adrianus van den Maagdenberg (75), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Ketelslegers (73), Itteren, Nederland
• Adam Henry Zeller (59), Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard (Barney,Barnet) Mccart (71), Mooroopna Hospital, Victoria, Australia
• Adrianus van den Maagdenberg (75)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Franciscus Witmer (80), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ardina Johanna Ackermans (73), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Reinermann (72), Nijmegen

• 1938 » Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 » McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician († 2020)
• 1939 » Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Tom Hayden, American activist and politician († 2016)
• 1940 » David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1940 » Donna Mills, American actress and producer
• 1941 » J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter († 1991)
• 1941 » J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2015)
• 1941 » Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China
• 1941 » Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer († 1988)

• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1941 » John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922)
• 1945 » Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (b. 1882)

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. Jacoba
14. Annie
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.
• May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
• September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
• November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
• December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

The temperature on December 11, 1940 was between 0.7 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.