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• Johan van Abbema, Schettens († 2012)
• Hendrikus Hermanus Rienties, Herfte (Zwollerkerspel) († 1968)
• Johan Sijtses van Abbema, Schettens, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Fred Allen Ray († 2002)
• Margaret Gwenneth HOUSE († 2004)
• Johan van Gorkom († 2014)
• Irene Moreira, São Paulo, Brasil († 2020)
• John Greville Napier († 1988)
• Johannes Cornelis van Dorp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Lucia Regina Timmermans, Schiedam († 2018)

• Holleman (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Bastiaan Dubbeldam (37), Lisse
• Anna Jans Dunant (69), Heerenveen
• adriana hendrijntje HELDEN (86), bolnes(ZH)
• Anna Catharina ten Kate (68), Haarlem
• Anna Maria van Dijk (92), Etten en Leur (NL)
• Antje de Graaf (60), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Lubben (57), Exloermond (Odoorn)
• Anna DUNANT (69), Heerenveen Friesland Netherlands
• Albert Hartog (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica († 2014)
• 1938 » K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo († 2006)
• 1938 » Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English academic and politician
• 1939 » Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor († 2013)
• 1939 » Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 » Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach († 2007)
• 1940 » Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director († 2008)
• 1941 » Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player
• 1942 » John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist († 2006)
• 1942 » John Thaw, English actor and producer, played Inspector Morse († 2002)

• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)

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 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• March 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on January 3, 1939 was between 0.8 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.