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• Cornelis Nicolaas Mastwijk, Vleuten († 1960)
• Hans Crüts, Eindhoven († 2009)
• Joanna Adriana Cornelia Ermes, Gilze en Rijen († 1969)
• Jetteke Vledder, Hengelo († 2023)
• Constance Harmanna Zaaijer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Antonius Johannes Antonis Robben, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Kerenius Rupanga CHIHAMBAKWE, Gute, Zimbabwe († 2007)
• Christiaan Bote Viertelhausen († 2013)
• Ernest Primeaux, Morse, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States of America († 2020)
• Andries Franciscus SANBERG, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)

• Antonia Geertruida Maria Kleijn, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus de Bruijn (64), Haarlem
• Albert Tuin (71), Staphorst
• Aart Groenendijk (37), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Been (90), Rotterdam
• Groenendijk (37), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Van der Blom (80), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartolmeus Eyberg Brand (58)
• Annigje Hugen (95), Oud Lutten, Ambt Hardenberg
• Baltus Goedhart (52), Vlissingen

• 1937 » Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager († 2019)
• 1937 » Jim Marshall, American football player
• 1937 » John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 2001)
• 1937 » Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 » Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
• 1939 » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 1983)
• 1939 » Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic († 2007)
• 1940 » James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 » Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
• 1942 » Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist († 2019)

• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)

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. 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 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• 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 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

The temperature on December 30, 1939 was between -2.6 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.