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• Gerardus Cornelis Weij, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Constance Jean "Connie" Mathison, Humboldt, Minnehaha Co., SD († 2007)
• Johanna Willemina Elizabeth Schut, The Netherlands († 2016)
• Albert Johanneszn. van Zandbergen, Oosterlittens, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Jean M. Hilbelink, Oostburg, Wisconsin († 1986)
• Jacoba Wesselink, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Antje Breeuwsma, Wymbritseradeel († 1963)
• Huijbregts, Eindhoven
• Maria Kuyten († 1959)
• hendrikus carolus jacobus ottenheijm, helden

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• Abraham van Loenen (56), ,, Maassluis, Nederland
• Abraham Anthonie Rijstenbil (79), Oud-Vossemeer
• Alexandra Kien (88), Soerabaja, Kota Surabaya, Oost Java, Indonesië
• Agnes Wilhelmina Marijne (72), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Havermans (69), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Buckens (94), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adrianus Jacobs (85), Achthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Agterdenbos (68), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke (Effie) Eeltjes Kalfsbeek (78), Lafayette, Indiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1938 » Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer († 1996)
• 1938 » Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer († 2005)
• 1939 » Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter
• 1940 » Ilario Castagner, Italian football manager
• 1940 » John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler († 1974)
• 1941 » Joan Wallach Scott, American historian, author, and academic
• 1941 » Sam Andrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1941 » Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpet player and composer
• 1942 » Lenore Blum, American mathematician and academic

• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)

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. Margaretha
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.
• May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
• August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

The temperature on December 18, 1940 was between -0.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.