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• Cil de Ruiter, Ambon († 2004)
• Hendrik Hendrik Hendrik Teulings, Vught († 2008)
• Alexander Jozef Loeza, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Alexander Johannes de Bouter, Driebergen, Nederland († 1944)
• Bourquin († 2020)
• Jan Meuwsen, Doornenburg († 2015)
• Evert Albert Verkaik, Rotterdam-Schiebroek († 1941)
• Hendrik J. van Blaaderen († 1961)
• Beerend Wijnand, Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• van Beekum, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)

• Bela Jankovich (74), Boedapest
• Christiaan Meurs (69), Kerkrade
• Barbara Cairncross Rutherford (44), Paris, France
• Bernardus de Wit (59), Kota Kediri
• Albert Willem van Renterghem (94), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Pieters Wobbema (45), Jelsum
• Christian Meurs (69), Kerkrade
• Elisabeth J. Liefting (10), Alkmaar
• Dirkje Bastiaan (51), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Antheunis NAEREBOUT (24), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic († 2010)
• 1937 » Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach († 2003)
• 1939 » Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician
• 1939 » Roger Clark, English race car driver († 1998)
• 1940 » Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1940 » Rick Huxley, English bass player († 2013)
• 1940 » Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1941 » Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer
• 1941 » Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1941 » Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut († 2010)

• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)

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 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
• May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
• August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
• August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

The temperature on August 5, 1939 was between 11.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.