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Birthday December 4, 1940

• The temperature on December 4, 1940 was between 2.1 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
  • June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
  • June 26 » World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
  • August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
  • September 6 » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
  • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist
• 1939 » Joan Brady, American-British author
• 1939 » Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea († 2016)
• 1940 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer († 1977)
• 1940 » Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
• 1941 » Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach