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• Eugène Philip Anuels, Suriname, Plantage Blauwgrond († 2012)
• John Patrick BOUNDS, Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia († 2006)
• van Berkel, Goirle († 1939)
• Betty Lue Lulham, Aetna Twsp (Missaukee), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Godelieve Engels, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2001)
• Geertje van de Vosse, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Johanna Adriana van Gelderen († 1940)
• Albertus Johannes Vollenbroek, Hengelo († 2016)
• Constance Jean Greenhoe (Musser Reed), Fishville, Jackson, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Gerritje Ida Wilhelmina Kamermans, Weesp († 2011)

• Carl Metelmann (52), Jarmen, Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Jarmen St.Marien
• Anna Catharina Antoinette Goblet (80), Vaals
• Aaltje Schra (74), Staphorst
• Arij Cornelis Berghout (0), Den Helder
• Aaltje van Dijk (74), Avereest
• Bartholomeus Van de Bergh (65), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Praat (78)
• Celina Maria Loete (47), Roeselare
• Antonius Liskamp (73), Nijmegen
• Albertina Cornelia van Duuren (55), Voorburg

• 1936 » Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
• 1937 » Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1938 » Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general
• 1938 » Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author († 2001)
• 1940 » Luke Kelly, Irish singer, folk musician and actor († 1984)
• 1942 » Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1942 » Derek Clayton, English-Australian runner
• 1942 » Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic
• 1942 » Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic

• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)

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.
• January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on November 17, 1939 was between 5.4 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.