About the day » Tuesday June 11, 1940Calender converter

• Gerardus Johannes Vermeulen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Gertruda Maria de Win († 1955)
• Alida den HOLLANDER († 2017)
• Cornelis Kors, Haarlem († 1943)
• Ardella Rose Kooiman
• Mia Steskens, Grevenbicht († 2012)
• Gerrit Geert Visser, Steenwijk († 1940)
• Maria Antonia Adriana Cooijmans, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2009)
• Geert Weggemans, Emmen, Nederland († 2017)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Tempelaars, Blaricum († 2001)

• ADOLF WERNIK (62), BARENDRECHT
• Aaltje ten Have (63), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schuur (64), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfons Vanhoyweghen (55), Sint-Niklaas
• Alexander Josephus De Schryver (25), Oppuurs
• Agnes Maria van Rijn (64), Heemstede, Noord-Hollands
• Annie Eliza Kincheloe (71), Burnet, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Philemon Somers (66), Willebroek
• Aaltje ten Have (63), Elburg, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Maria Hubertina Schmetz (55), Kerkrade, Nederland

• 1932 » Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright
• 1933 » Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1937 » Chad Everett, American actor and director († 2012)
• 1937 » Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
• 1939 » Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer and journalist († 2017)
• 1942 » Parris Glendening, American politician, 59th Governor of Maryland
• 1943 » Henry Hill, American mobster († 2012)
• 1945 » Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
• 1947 » Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1920 » William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (b. 1853)
• 1924 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
• 1927 » William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1937 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1955 » Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)

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. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Annie
13. Jacoba
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.
• April 14 » World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
• April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
• June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
• November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
• November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

The temperature on June 11, 1940 was between 13.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.