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• Francina Cornelia Manders, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1941)
• van Es, Tienhoven († 1940)
• Bontje Zandstra, Eastermar, Nederland († 2019)
• Dirk ten Heuvel, Coevorden († 2019)
• Gesinus Hendrik Heringa, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)
• Georges Marcel Louis De Klerck, Lissewege († 2014)
• Etienne MAES, Wilrijk, 11051, Antwerpen, Belgique († 2002)
• Cecília Kemper, Witmarsum, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2005)
• Adriana Petronella Josepha Schuurmans, Oss († 1940)
• Elisabeth Catharina Maria Vermeer, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1994)

• Adriaan de KOK (88), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Hoek (73), Gorinchem
• Anna Jozina van Lare (76), Groede
• Anthonij Geus (81), Den Burg
• Adrianus Gommers (64), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Stephania Antonia Maria Meijer (79), Schiedam
• Abraham CLEIREN (81), Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Steenhart (Steenaard) (88), 's-Heer Abtskerke
• Adriana Steenhart (88), Borssele ('s-Heer Abtskerke) (Zeeland)
• Anna Catharina Arets (44), Kerkrade (L

• 1938 » Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge († 2010)
• 1938 » Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
• 1938 » Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator († 2006)
• 1939 » Jack Fisher, American baseball player
• 1939 » Robert Shaye, American film producer
• 1940 » David Plante, American novelist
• 1940 » Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge
• 1941 » Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » James Zagel, American lawyer and judge
• 1941 » John Hancock, American film and television actor († 1992)

• 1938 » George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1944 » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1944 » Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
• 1944 » René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

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 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
• September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

The temperature on March 4, 1940 was between 1.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.