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• Hielke Scholte, Twijzel († 2021)
• Jan Marius van der Lingen, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 2021)
• Aldred WEBER († 2009)
• Jan Burgman, Baarn († 2017)
• Hubertus Leo Victor Dirix († 1998)
• Johanna Huberdina Maria van Son, Drunen († 2019)
• Bernhard Manfred Wittkamp, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland († 1940)
• Geertruida Catharina Koster († 2007)
• Aaldert Jager, Westerbork († 1939)
• Frans Liefrink († 1982)

• Labruijere (0), Koudekerke
• Adeline Selina Gordon (80), Half Way Tree, Saint Andrew, Jamaica
• Wessel, Nijmegen
• Anni Höpken (41), Benthuizen
• Adrianus Antonius Overtoom (90), Den Helder
• Caroline Julian Kivell DNA999V (53), New Zealand
• Bama Laura Birdwell (64), Jackson County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Hermanus Willink (79), Winterswijk
• Caroline A Schott (94), St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
• * Meindert Schollema (46), Middelstum

• 1936 » Peter North, English scholar and academic
• 1937 » Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team († 1970)
• 1938 » Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1939 » Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
• 1939 » John Peel, English radio host and producer († 2004)
• 1941 » Ben Jones, American actor and politician
• 1941 » Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver († 1971)
• 1941 » John McNally, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
• 1941 » Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host
• 1942 » Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement

• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)

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.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
• 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.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.

The temperature on August 30, 1939 was between 12.2 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.