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• Cornelis Andreas Simon Verdegaal, Noordwijkerhout († 2009)
• Henk Langenberg, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Ian James MURFET, Perth, Tasmania, Australia († 1940)
• Adrie Onderwater, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Catharina Doodeman, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• elisabeth maria johanna cuijpers, helden-grashoek
• Cornelis Jacob de Ruig, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anny Schmitz, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Gerritjen van Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn († 1945)
• Henri Vermeulen, Temse († 2020)

• Alida Jansen (48), Herwen en Aerdt,Rijnwaarden
• Aaltje van Plaggenhoef (0), Hoevelaken
• * Johanna Petronella Snel (46), Gouda
• Antonia Mathia Josepha Maria van der Heijden, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Nijssen (86), Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL
• Andries Munsters (74)
• Akke Jitzes van der Heide (85), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Jitzes van der Heide (85), Leeuwarden
• Andreas Hilterman (84)
• Alijda Jansen (48), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1937 » Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
• 1938 » Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer († 2013)
• 1938 » Victor Buono, American actor († 1982)
• 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
• 1941 » Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1943 » Blythe Danner, American actress
• 1943 » Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer († 2018)
• 1943 » Eric Haydock, English bass player († 2019)

• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
• 1956 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)

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. 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.
• May 26 » World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
• June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
• June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
• June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
• October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.

The temperature on February 3, 1940 was between -8.0 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.