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• Johan van Munster, Vroomshoop, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Cornelis Johannes Van Beekum, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1988)
• Irene Ansjelike Hehl, Djatinegara, Nederlands Indië († 2011)
• Jozef Harm Hendrik MUTER, Emmen († 1982)
• jacoba antonia (koos) smits, helden-dorp († 2006)
• Joseph Peter Höppener († 2013)
• Dieverina W. Bruins († 1997)
• Hubert van Elssen, Sittard
• Cornelis Johannes Frese, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Johanna Frederika Keuper, Dinxperlo, De Heurne, 't Vorster († 2002)

• Adrianus Reinier van Vuuren (56), Schiedam
• Adriana Kakebeen (80), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Koopman (73), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphe Pieter Herman Jacob van Wezel Errens (72)
• Abraham Jodocus Goemann (77)
• Adriana Johanna Snoek (4), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltje van Dijken (59), Uitwierde gem. Delfzijl
• Anna Dorthea Poppen (82), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Antonia Maria Deijkers (1), Roosendaal en Nispen, Nederland
• Aloijsius Hamerlinck (68), Koewacht

• 1936 » Marty Ingels, American actor and comedian († 2015)
• 1936 » Mickey Gilley, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1937 » Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec († 2018)
• 1937 » Brian Redman, English race car driver
• 1937 » Harry Neale, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1940 » Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor († 1994)
• 1941 » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal († 1976)
• 1941 » Jim Colbert, American golfer
• 1942 » Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor and artistic director
• 1942 » Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer

• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)

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.
• March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• 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 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
• September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

The temperature on March 9, 1939 was between 2.8 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.