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• Antonia Theodora Ermens, Ginneken en Bavel († 1942)
• Freerk Hendrik Sietsema, Bedum († 1989)
• Gerardus Bernardus Waterlander, Beverwijk († 1941)
• Gary D Cole, Manhattan Gallatin Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Herman Reijven, Wormer († 2017)
• Jacob Zaagmans, Achlum († 1948)
• David Cohen, Gieten († 1943)
• Gordon John Hemrica († 2000)
• Hubert Marie Hendrik Heffels, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• Donald Pranger

• Arend Keus (63), 's-Gravenhage
• Christiaan van Gestel (84), Goirle
• Alida Geertruida Pander (81), Blokzijl
• Angelina Pauline Karoline TOSNER (26), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Cornelis van Lith (42), Oije-Flage, Calais /, Frankrijk
• Bertus Vermeer (1), Eindhoven
• Christiaan van Gestel (84), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angele Elisa Armande PACQUAY (59), Gent
• Aafje de Boer (76), Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Smit, Utrecht

• 1938 » Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2020)
• 1938 » Steven Rose, English biologist and academic
• 1940 » Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player († 2020)
• 1941 » Brian Willson, American soldier, lawyer, and activist
• 1941 » Pavel Sedláček, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Sam Farr, American politician
• 1941 » Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic († 2014)
• 1942 » Floyd Little, American football player and coach
• 1942 » Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1942 » Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2008)

• 1922 » Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
• 1934 » Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
• 1938 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)
• 1946 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)

• 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 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
• November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on July 4, 1940 was between 10.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.