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• Ghislain Maria Michaela Houben, Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België († 1943)
• Etienne Arthur Oscar Huyghe, Staden († 1984)
• Elisabeth Hendrina Meeussen Meussen, Mook († 1946)
• Haijo Jager († 2008)
• Beno Munneke, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Bruinsma, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Grietje Kruit, Borne († 1998)
• Carolina Marianne Goedbloed, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 2008)
• Elisabeth van Loggem, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Allen Lester MALOTT, Michigan U.S.A († 2007)

• Charles Joseph Jansen (81), 's Gravenhage
• Akke Annema (71), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Veerdonck (73), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Akke Johannes Annema (71), Veenwouden
• Barend Gerrit Croes (64), Soerabaja
• Arrien Giesses Bijl (85), Emmen
• Abial Winn Varnedoe (69), Valdosta, Lowndes, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius de Korte (58), Zuilen, Nederland
• Barend Gerrit Croes (64), Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
• Anthonius de Korte (58), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1937 » Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler
• 1937 » Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1939 » Bill McGill, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1939 » Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter
• 1940 » Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
• 1940 » Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer († 2018)
• 1941 » Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
• 1941 » Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
• 1942 » Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
• 1942 » Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic

• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1932 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1933 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
• 1946 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)

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. 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.
• April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• 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 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on September 16, 1939 was between 7.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.