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• Abraham Prijs († 1943)
• Gerardus ??? Brugman († 1996)
• Geraldine CAMPBELL, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• van der Naald, Sittard († 1940)
• Geertje de Wit, Brandwijk († 1941)
• Gerbrig Egberts de Boer, Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Arie Kooyman, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Huigbert"Bert" Schaap, Haarlem († 2017)
• Dorethy Marilyn van Loenen, Boque († 2017)
• Jacobje de Bie, Boronnegerveen († 2015)

• Anna Stalpers (79), Tilbug
• Albert Jan Pasman (81), Harfsen (Lochem)
• Adrianus van der Wiel (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertha-Johanna Polman (58), Arnhem
• Anthonie van Essen (74), (GL) Arnhem
• Alfred Léon Beeckman (33), Montévrain (F)
• "Maxime" Gabriel Marie de Valence de Minardière (25), Évreux, Eure, France
• Aagje de Wit (59), Sint Maarten
• Antje Hiemstra (71)
• Anna Stalpers (79), Tilburg

• 1938 » Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician
• 1938 » Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic († 2009)
• 1938 » Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress († 2011)
• 1940 » Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist († 2007)
• 1940 » John Stevens, English drummer († 1994)
• 1941 » David Walker, Australian race car driver
• 1941 » Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
• 1941 » Mickey Jones, American drummer († 2018)
• 1941 » Shirley Owens, American singer
• 1942 » Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist

• 1930 » Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (b. 1851)
• 1934 » Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (b. 1862)
• 1936 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 1939 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 1946 » Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 1949 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Robert
10. Adrianus
11. Petrus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Johan

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. Margaretha
14. Annie
15. Marie
16. Aaltje

• 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.
• February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
• March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
• 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.
• May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

The temperature on June 10, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.