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• Joan Whitaker SMITH, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2020)
• JoAnn B Meinders, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2020)
• Arie Lagemaat, Ederveen, 6744, Nederland († 2013)
• Anna Catharina (Ouders:Wijtze Walda, Gesina Henrica Walda (born Lippold)) Walda, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Glenn Davison Murrison, Louisville, Kentucky († 1999)
• Hans Homminga, Dokkum († 2019)
• Hub Otten, Schinnen († 2016)
• Jacob Zwaan, Tolke Gem. Hollands Kroon) († 2001)
• Alfred Marcel Kuijken, Sint Agatha Berchem, België
• Betty Jean Garland Schmitt, Marble Hill, Bollinger, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1994)

• Arend Slomp (81), Sibculo
• Anna Geertruida LUIMES (3), Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Anna Poppel (72), Breda, Nederland
• Adriaan Rijnberg (82), Grand Rapids (USA)
• Geert Sikma (72), Leeuwarden
• Arend Slomp (81), Sibculo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Profijt (81), Hardenberg Ambt
• Aloysius Gerardus Fleuren (47), Eindhoven, Eindhoven
• Antje Schild (72), Enkhuizen
• Adriaan Weesie (60)

• 1936 » Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1937 » Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1938 » James Montgomery Boice, American pastor and theologian († 2000)
• 1939 » Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress († 2015)
• 1940 » Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
• 1941 » Bill Oddie, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1941 » Jim Rodford, English bass player († 2018)
• 1941 » John Fru Ndi, Cameroonian politician
• 1941 » Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1941 » Michael Howard, Welsh lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment

• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
• 1950 » Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886)

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 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
• August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
• September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.

The temperature on July 7, 1939 was between 12.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.