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• Age Herman Ijpes Haytema, Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Berendina Te Brummelstroete († 2019)
• Johannes Franciscus Vos († 2009)
• Arjen Schepenaar, Leens, Gemeente de Marne († 2009)
• Gerald Mys, Lucas (Missaukee County) Michigan) († 1944)
• Aaltje Visscher, Hengelo († 2018)
• Gerrit Jan Stulp, Katlijk, Heereveen († 2012)
• Johanna Jacoba Hartman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Frederikus (Frits) van Aggelen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelis van den Beukel, Den Haag († 2008)

• Antje Sluijs (83), Zaandam, Nederland
• Arie Van der Spek (57), Moerkapelle,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Broerse (60)
• Apolonia Catharina GROENEWEGEN (74), Delft
• Abelina Norder (81), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonetta Johanna Maria Thijssen (68), Schiedam, ZH, Nederland
• Arie SPEK, van der (57), Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alle Penninga (23), Sint Annaparochie,Gemeente het Bildt,Friesland,Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van der Steegt (76), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje Koudijs (74), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1936 » Darlene Hard, American tennis player
• 1937 » Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter († 2004)
• 1937 » Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1937 » Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower († 1998)
• 1938 » Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1938 » Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
• 1938 » Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress († 1979)
• 1939 » Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1939 » Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2002)
• 1940 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1979)

• 1933 » Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
14. Trijntje
15. Aaltje
16. Mary

• 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
• February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

The temperature on January 6, 1939 was between -5.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.