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• Gijsbertha Geertruida van der Horst, Stoutenburg († 1941)
• Hendrika Cornelia Wilhelmina Zieltjens, Hilversum († 2011)
• Grietje Jantje Buursema, Groningen († 1995)
• Jan Reefman, Radewijk († 2011)
• Cornelis Petrus Kerkvliet, Haarlem, zkh († 2015)
• Carrie Ann Johnson, unbekannt († 2012)
• Hugo Rudolf Johan Georg Eustache Maria Graaf van Abensperg-Traun, Wenen († 1996)
• Eileen Catherine McKenna, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Egbert Mulder, Steenwijk († 2021)
• Jan Johannes van den Aker, Boxtel († 1977)

• ANTHONIUS ANTHEUNIS (75), SINT-JANSTEEN,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Antje Rientses van Velzen (78), Soest
• Aagje Buitenhuis (70), Bleiswijk {ZH}
• Aeintje Kroesbeek (0), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Augustin Louis De Le Plancque (57), Amiens, 80000, France
• Alphonse Lefkow (84), Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America
• Arnoldus van der Lee (78), Oudheusden-Elshout
• Apolonia Schipper (70), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Brandenburg (90), Ermelo
• Afke van der Meer (79)

• 1937 » Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator († 2010)
• 1938 » Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1939 » Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator
• 1940 » Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host
• 1941 » Harold Long, Canadian politician († 2013)
• 1941 » Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
• 1942 » Ian Callaghan, English footballer
• 1942 » Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1942 » Stuart Dybek, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1943 » Andrzej Badeński, Polish-German sprinter († 2008)

• 1931 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
• 1938 » King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
• 1954 » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)

• 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 8 » World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
• June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
• 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.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
• September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.

The temperature on April 10, 1940 was between 1.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.