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• Cornelis A. Verkleij, Jutphaas († 1942)
• Maria Joanna Emilia Astrid De Graef, Antwerpen, 2000, Belgie († 2021)
• G.A. Haarhuis, Manderveen († 1982)
• Joke Maarssen, Groenlo († 1992)
• Camilius Alfons Meuwissen, Kortessem, België († 1940)
• Ekke Wolters, Baflo († 2023)
• Annie Elisabeth Vermaat, Kwala Begoemit, Bangkattan (RI) († 1945)
• Johan Nijland, Rossum, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• G.A. Haarhuis, Manderveen († 1982)
• James Garland Alvey, St. Francis, Marion County, Kentucky († 2004)

• Charles William Augustus MONTAGU (78)
• Cent van IJsseldijke (51), Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland
• Berend Lammerts Homan (36)
• Catharina de Schepper (79), Hulst
• Cornelia de Rooij- (68), Tilburg, Nederland
• Berendina Sonneveld (0), Pijnacker
• Charles James HOGAN (0)
• Adrianus van Vliet, Reeuwijk
• Antje Abbas (90), Nieuweschans (gem. Oldambt)
• Adrianus Brugman (4), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist († 2004)
• 1939 » Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
• 1939 » Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian († 2013)
• 1939 » Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic († 2015)
• 1940 » Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician († 1999)
• 1941 » John Geoghegan, American lieutenant († 1965)
• 1942 » Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 » James Hood, American activist († 2013)
• 1942 » Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1909 » George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
• 1917 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862)
• 1946 » Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
• 1956 » Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)

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. Aaltje
15. Trijntje
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 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.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
• October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
• December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The temperature on November 10, 1939 was between 4.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.