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• Henrica Catharina van Mierlo, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• van der Made, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andr√© van Ankeren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• N.N. van Duuren, Breda († 1940)
• Adrianus Petrus Broosus, Huijbergen Noord-Brabant Nederland († 2021)
• Aaltje van der Flier, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Hendrik Gort, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Lorna Lou Dickinson, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan († 1942)
• Johanna Adriana Catharina (Annie) Gubbels, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Anna Gabriele von WREDE, Pahl, Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern, Bavaria, Duitsland († 2004)

• Arie van Tongeren (53), Zutphen
• Anneliesa SCHWAGER (18), Tel Aviv, Israel
• Anna Maria Panis (87), Zutendaal, Vlaams Gewest, België
• Bernardina Cordel (54), Leeuwarden
• Delbert C. Alvey (0), Grayson County, Kentucky
• Amerik van Duijn (64), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberto Carneiro de Mendonça (80), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Elisabeth Scheepers (63), Helmond, Niederlande
• Catharina Gerard van de Laar (48), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Amerik van Duijn (64), Katwijk

• 1938 » Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic
• 1938 » David Higgins, English composer and conductor († 2006)
• 1939 » Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems
• 1940 » Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
• 1940 » Robert Palmer, American businessman, co-founded Mostek
• 1940 » Theodore Olson, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General
• 1940 » Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and author († 2012)
• 1941 » Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
• 1942 » Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer

• 1926 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
• 1932 » Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1932 » Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)
• 1935 » Charles Norris, American coroner (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 1952 » Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter († 1913)

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.
• March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
• June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
• June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
• October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

The temperature on September 11, 1940 was between 6.6 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.