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• Hillechien Grietje Eling, Valthermond, Odoorn († 2019)
• Hillechien Grietje Eling, Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Cornelis Bernardus Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 1999)
• Jessie May MacNair, Carman, Manitoba, Canada († 1987)
• Gerrit De Vries, Velsen, Nederland († 2003)
• Jan van Weverwijk († 2004)
• John Bernard van den Berg, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 2006)
• Hendrikus Dijkslag, Wijhe († 2004)
• Johannes Jacobus Van Kol, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Cornelis van Luijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)

• Bart Krebbers (78), Groesbeek
• Bintje (Jans) de Zwart (Swarts) (86), Tietjerksteradeel
• Allegonda Catharina Hagelaar (79), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Kapteijn (Kaptein) (77), Alkmaar
• Alida Kapteijn (77), Alkmaar
• "Ladislaus" Gabriel Maria Josef Ludwig Hoyos (59), Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Autriche
• Agnes Mertens (88), Sittard, Nederland
• Bart Krebbers (78), Groesbeek, Nederland
• Antony Johannes Arnoldus Aarts (83), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bart Grebbers (Krebbers) (78), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1936 » Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist and composer († 1982)
• 1936 » Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer
• 1937 » Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, 2nd President of Rwanda († 1994)
• 1937 » Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author († 1966)
• 1938 » Pete Dawkins, American football player, colonel, and politician
• 1939 » Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist († 2019)
• 1939 » Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach
• 1939 » Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer
• 1939 » Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor († 2011)
• 1941 » Norman Stone, Scottish-English historian, author, and academic († 2019)

• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)

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. Helena

• 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 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• February 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
• October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The temperature on March 8, 1939 was between 2.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.