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• Henk Kemmeren, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Cornelia BRANDS († 1953)
• Coby Vriens, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Arie Dirk Stolk, Rockanje Z.H († 1945)
• Annia Katharina (Annie Trijntje) Verstraten, Westdorpe, Zeeland, Nederland († 2006)
• Alida Johanna Pronk, Scheveningen († 2003)
• Dorothy Arlene Schakelaar, Prairie View, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Ernst Lothar zu Solms-Laubach, Berlin († 2017)
• Hendricus Jacobus de Kaper, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Hobbelen, Onbekend († 2000)

• Arnoldus Johannes Thiel (63), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Philomena Van Ginhoven (58), Brasschaat
• Alexandrine Marie Antoinette ALLARD (64), Chavignon,02174,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Van Eekelen (89), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Antonius Alfred von Korff (82)
• Bernardus den Daas (48), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van EECKELEN (89), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana DEKKERS (69), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Janssen (78), Groesbeek
• Meijer (0), Velsen (NH, NLD)

• 1935 » Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer († 1994)
• 1936 » Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival († 2013)
• 1936 » David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author († 2014)
• 1937 » David Newman, American director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1938 » Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate († 2010)
• 1939 » Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York
• 1940 » George A. Romero, American director and producer († 2017)
• 1941 » Jiří Raška, Czech skier and coach († 2012)
• 1941 » Ron Rangi, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1941 » Russell Cooper, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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.
• March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• September 17 » World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
• 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 February 4, 1939 was between -6.6 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.2 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.