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• Johannes Mathias Reneerkens, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1978)
• Kathleen Therese Krill, Akron, Ohio († 1990)
• Hubertus van Tol, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 2020)
• Elisabeth Roubos, Dordrecht († 1940)
• Christophus Joh. van Houtum, Mill en Sint Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Gerard van den HERIK († 1970)
• Jacoba Jantina Keeler, Hengelo († 1946)
• John Riedeman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Cornelia Pieper, Ugchelen, Apeldoorn († 2022)
• Elisabeth Roubos, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)

• Ambrosina Pereira (76)
• Andrew P. Hafner [McWk] (78), Bullocks Creek, York County, South Carolina
• Alphonso Carlo Rijk Coldenhoff (62), Surabaya, East Java, Nederlands Oost Indië
• Aaltien Bartelds (73), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• van Tilborg (0), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Anna Golverdingen (62), Arkel
• Anna Maria Koops (55), 's-Gravenhage
• Aagje Eefting- (10), Ermelo, Nederland
• Aaltje Aalberts (92), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Paalman (80), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1937 » Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
• 1938 » Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
• 1939 » Herb Adderley, American football player
• 1940 » Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
• 1941 » George Pell, Australian cardinal
• 1941 » Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist († 1981)
• 1942 » Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
• 1942 » Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
• 1943 » Colin Baker, English actor
• 1943 » William Calley, American lieutenant

• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

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. 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.
• June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
• July 10 » World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
• July 10 » World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
• November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

The temperature on June 8, 1940 was between 6.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.