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• Francina Adriana (Ineke) Middelkoop, 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• Frederik Hendrik Evenblij, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland († 2020)
• Helena Maria van Ommering, Rotterdam († 2021)
• Gerda Deforche, Izegem, België († 1994)
• Anna Mae Doane, Mason City, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Abraham van de Kar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• André Paul Lucien BALLAUD, Neuvilley (39) Moulin des Etarpies († 2005)
• elisabeth agnes johanna (elsje) raijer, helden-panningen († 1945)
• Bettie Kool, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Catholina Sara van den Broecke, Breskens († 2002)

• Aart van den Bor (80), Nijkerk
• Anna Vermaas (65), Oud-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Kaatje Gramsma (47), Breda
• Aaltje Staghouwer (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Achille Joseph TISON (41), Paris
• Albert van de Streek (71), Nijbroek, Voorst, Gld, NL
• Amelia Baumgarte (83), Rotterdam
• Amelia Baumgarte (83), Rotterdam
• Aagje Kop (68), Sliedrecht (NL)
• Anna Katharina Benau (62), Heerlen, Limburg, 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)

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.
• March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
• May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
• 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.
• July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
• October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
• November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

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.