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• Francina Adriana Middelkoop, 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• Francina Adriana (Ineke) Middelkoop, 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• elisabeth agnes johanna (elsje) raijer, helden-panningen († 1945)
• Alice Faye Sweet, Emerald Twp., Faribault Co., MN († 2022)
• Alice Sweet, Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota († 2022)
• Claude MANIGUET, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, 74243, Haute Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France († 2006)
• Geert Mulder, Stadskanaal († 2019)
• Dirk Willem Beekman († 1998)
• Clazina Catharina Theodora Maria Conijn, Noordwijkerhout († 2017)
• Adriana Maria Soethout, Chaam († 1996)

• Albert Burnett (61), Kenton Co., Kentucky, United States
• Antoon Krewinkel (36), Schaesberg (L
• Aleid Gertruida ten Cate (89), De Bilt
• Anna Elisabeth Coumans (68), Beek, gemeente Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart van den Bor (80), Nijkerk
• Adriana Noordermeer (80), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Bolt (60), Kornhorn, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Sluiter, Franciscus (Frans) (56), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Katharina Benau (62), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Vermaas (65), Oud-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, 2nd President of Rwanda († 1994)
• 1937 » Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author († 1966)
• 1938 » Pete Dawkins, American football player, colonel, and politician
• 1939 » Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist († 2019)
• 1939 » Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach
• 1939 » Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer
• 1939 » Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor († 2011)
• 1941 » Norman Stone, Scottish-English historian, author, and academic († 2019)
• 1942 » Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper
• 1942 » Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor

• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)

• 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.
• June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
• June 26 » World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
• July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
• July 19 » Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
• November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

The temperature on March 8, 1940 was between -2.7 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.