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• Gerardus Henderikus Hermannus (Hennie) Schlepers († 2010)
• Lloyd Allen Zacher, Rugby, Pierce County, North Dakota, United States of America († 2013)
• Glenn McNab († 1973)
• Marylin Diane Morgan († 2002)
• Daisy Joella Achord, Memphis, Tennessee († 2002)
• Eddie Espelid, Lier († 2015)
• Ivan L Vos, Searsboro, Poweshiek County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Herman Bauw, Bussum († 1945)
• Levenloos Schut, Beekbergen
• Lambertus Vos, Nunspeet († 2006)

• Bastiaantje van Strijen (56), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Octavia Fulk (74), Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska, United States of America
• Bernardina Johanna Berendsen (72), Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes SEGERS (73)
• Hogt (0), Losser, 7582, Nederland
• Anna Maria Beatrix Beckers (32), Montfort
• Anathalie Laporte (74), Aurillac, Cantal, Frankrijk
• Anne Jans Zwier (72), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Byron Holmes West (84), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Cornelia Catharina Sophia Josina Baggerman van Houweninge (56), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1938 » Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
• 1938 » Liliane Ackermann, Jewish-French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer († 2007)
• 1938 » Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects († 2014)
• 1938 » Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
• 1940 » Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1940 » Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author († 2015)
• 1940 » Frank Duffy, English architect
• 1940 » Pauline Collins, English actress
• 1941 » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author († 1990)

• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Robert
10. Adrianus
11. Petrus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Johan

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 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• May 14 » World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.
• July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
• July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
• December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

The temperature on September 3, 1940 was between 6.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.