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• Adrianus Cornelis Jansen, Gilze en Rijen († 1950)
• Jacob Spaargaren, Aalsmeer, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1994)
• Egbert Borger, Oostermeer († 1990)
• Leendert Janzee, Gouda († 1972)
• Johanna Raatjes, Onstwedde, Nederland († 2011)
• Johanna Jacoba Mark, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Hannie de Hoop († 1998)
• Henrika Julia "Henriette" Auwers, Bornem, België († 2020)
• Bert van den Broek, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Clyde E. Sims, Grayson County, Kentucky († 1982)

• Anthonie Cornelis van Straten (78), Ermelo
• Aart van Stuivenberg (58), Utrecht
• Adriana Catharina Bollee (67), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Baptista Conradie Andries Heinrich Donatz (75), Haaften, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Biekens (48), Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anthonie van Straten (79), Ermelo (prov. Gelderland), Nederland
• Anna,Nathalia,Maria Op de Beeck (1), Zammel-Geel
• Angélina Renaud (64), Montréal, épouse de feu Édouard Métayer
• Nagelhout, Mirns en Bakhuizen
• Basilio de Souza Soares (75), Gaspar, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1937 » Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team († 1970)
• 1938 » Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1939 » Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
• 1939 » John Peel, English radio host and producer († 2004)
• 1941 » Ben Jones, American actor and politician
• 1941 » Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver († 1971)
• 1941 » John McNally, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
• 1941 » Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host
• 1942 » Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement
• 1942 » Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer

• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)

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.
• February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
• May 26 » World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
• May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• July 5 » World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 30, 1940 was between 6.2 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.