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• Hennie Martje Kapma, Groningen († 2016)
• Christine Marie DeSandis, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Frederike Johanna Kruijer, Willemstad, Santa Maria, Curacao († 1989)
• David Leslie Paul, Odin, Watonwan, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Jelle Kuilder († 2022)
• Carolus-Johannes Barth, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Agnes Maria Serfatiana Diepenmaat, Almelo, 7601, Nederland († 2022)
• helena petra catharina (leny) dietz, venray
• Jan Asveld († 1991)
• Geradus Hubertus Roebroeks, Cadier en Keer, Limburg, Nederland († 1940)

• Abraham Jacobus Hage, s-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Adolf Schwing (46), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hermina Maria van Rooijen (66), Baarn, Netherlands
• Abraham Johannes Heuser (20), Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Ton (26), Loosduinen
• Abraham Schakenbos (24), Valkenburg, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Zwart (69), Mook, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham, Johannes Heuser (20), Hooge Zwaluwe
• Adriaan Nicolaas de Lint (46), Den Haag
• Aaltje de Boer (35), Almelo

• 1935 » Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1980)
• 1937 » Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1938 » Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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.
• April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
• June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
• August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.

The temperature on May 10, 1940 was between 5.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.