About the day » Wednesday September 4, 1940Calender converter

• Andrea Saba, Italie († 2006)
• Henk Frijters, Haaren († 2000)
• Hendrikus Albertus Huisman, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)
• Jacob (Jaap Gerrits, Havelterberg († 2021)
• Geerard Ype van der Meer, Schiedam († 2005)
• Jacobus Wilhelmus Henricus Schreurs, Venlo († 1940)
• Bertil Eduard Wertheim, Veendam († 1943)
• Bloeme Porcelijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Jannetje de Vries, Urk († 1986)
• Albert Jan Willems, Ommen († 1940)

• Anna Maria van Kessel (68)
• Aleida Looijen (37), Barneveld (GL)
• Anna Maria Klerks (79), Drunen
• Arend Jan LUIMES (82), Dinxperlo
• Aaltje Rijkeboer (24), Meppel, Nederland
• Aaltje Boerdam (82), VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT EN BABBERSPOLDER (Vlaardingen), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Verbunt (47), Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Catharina van AKEN (72), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bertha Klein (64), Rodenroth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Albert Edward (Bert) "Bingo" WAGNER (53), Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

• 1937 » Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
• 1937 » Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer († 2010)
• 1939 » Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee († 2005)
• 1941 » Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
• 1941 » Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
• 1941 » Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
• 1942 » Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter, co-founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
• 1942 » Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer
• 1942 » Raymond Floyd, American golfer

• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)

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 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
• April 9 » Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
• May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• July 6 » Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
• November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

The temperature on September 4, 1940 was between 9.7 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.