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• Geertruida Aagje van Hilten, Poortugaal († 2000)
• Hendrik Maten, Veessen
• Adriana Kruijff, Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Anna Margaretha Frederika de Boer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Aya Zeelen, Venlo († 2015)
• Herman Adriaan Scheepmaker, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1993)
• Berdien Dinnessen († 1940)
• Berdina Martina Maria Dinnissen († 1940)
• Hans Willem Altorf, Willemstad, Curacao († 2004)
• Hendrik Peter Braak van de, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1999)

• Alphonsus, Joseph, Camillus DEMAERTELAERE (57), Baarle,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Christina Wilhelmina Dupper (73), Utrecht
• Arie Jan Wielhouwer (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arlette Agatha Newell (42)
• Alexander Ludovicus Herfurth (67), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alexander Ludovicus Herfurth (67), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Albert Geert Poppens (55), Nieuw Beerta, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• Berendina Maria Peters (36), Gendringen, Nederland
• Albert Geerts Poppens (55), Nieuw-Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Plomp (75), Utrecht zie Utrecht-Utrecht

• 1937 » Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist († 1992)
• 1937 » Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland politician and activist
• 1938 » Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host († 2018)
• 1938 » Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor
• 1938 » Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 » Carsten Keller, German field hockey player and coach
• 1939 » Guitar Shorty, American singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet
• 1940 » Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist
• 1940 » Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader

• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
• 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1904)

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.
• January 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on September 8, 1939 was between 14.0 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.