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• Gerardus Antonius Veldhuis, Gammelke,Dinkelland († 2012)
• Gerrit Jan Vielvoije, Tilburg († 1939)
• Harrtog Boer de, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1942)
• Ineke Samsom
• Irene den Harder, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2017)
• German Willi Happe, Dusseldorf (duitsl) († 2015)
• Ina Lip, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands († 1939)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Stolvoort, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Antonia Aleida Maria (Tonnie) Biesterbos, Wilp Achterhoek († 2012)
• Ingrid Kamermans, Amsterdam († 2014)

• Berendina Hellwich (74), Elen en Rhaan
• Antonie van Beijnhem (53), Kesteren (GL) The Netherlands
• Aye (Aje) (Oye) Jacobs Krull (67), Country View Manor, Sibley, Osceola Co, IA
• Christian Ulrik Nelson (68), Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Christina (Christene) Boone (72), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Theunissen (63), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Teetske Albertus Slottje (54), Leeuwarden
• Amy Frances Kerr (92)
• Christina Boone (71), Zeeland,Ottawa Co, Michigan
• Arie de Kraaij (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist and composer († 1977)
• 1937 » Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach († 2012)
• 1937 » Zoltán Berczik, Hungarian table tennis player and coach († 2011)
• 1940 » Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium († 2014)
• 1941 » Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English publisher and politician († 2016)
• 1942 » B. J. Thomas, American singer
• 1942 » Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
• 1942 » Carlos Monzon, Argentinian boxer and actor († 1995)
• 1942 » Garrison Keillor, American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
• 1942 » Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic

• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
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.
• February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
• 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).

The temperature on August 7, 1939 was between 13.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.