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• Elsa Anita Eriksdo. (Anita) Camel, Luleå, Sverige († 2007)
• Clazina Adriana van Ruler, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2023)
• Cristina Kleine, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Jan Zwarthoed († 2016)
• Ingrid Sætre, Bagn i Valdres († 2006)
• Bastiaan Versteeg, Hardinxveld († 2008)
• Lambert Albert SEGERS, Neeroeteren,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2021)
• Jacob Wilbrink, Apeldoorn († 2012)
• Johanna Lennips, Radewijk, Overijssel, NederlandNld († 2017)
• Betty van de Kar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Arie Hoek, van den (49), Dordrecht
• Catarina VAN RIJSWIJK (67), bergen limb.,Nederland
• Annigje Verkaik (44), Rotterdam
• Anna Gertrude Van Boemel (79), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• - Wagenaer (0), Terhole, Hontenisse
• Aaltje Klaster (51), Verlaat (Steenwijkerwold)
• Angela HAIJETTE (28), Oegstgeest
• Carel Simon van 't Oosten (52)
• Annie Lutter (72), Zeeland Ottawa County Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van der Pas (58), Poortugaal

• 1935 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer († 2001)
• 1935 » Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1938 » Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
• 1940 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach († 2000)
• 1943 » Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
• 1943 » Fred Hill, American football player
• 1943 » Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient († 1971)
• 1945 » Gary Gregor, American basketball player
• 1945 » Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)

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 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
• June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• July 5 » World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.
• August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

The temperature on August 13, 1940 was between 5.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.