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• Deana Keuskamp, Sawah Loento (Nederlands-Indië) († 2014)
• Antonia van Baedel, Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Lee Bohannon, Verenigde Statn († 2013)
• Georg Johann de Bot († 2020)
• Kathalina Breukel, Rozenburg († 2016)
• Gerbert van Amstel, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Frieda Cornelia Bode, Rijswijk († 1994)
• Marcellis Fransciscus Antonie Clasien Maria Mulders, Den Haag († 2018)
• Hermina Theodora (Doortje) Taale, Indonesië († 2011)
• Johanna Huberta Annie van Griensven, Vinkel, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1999)

• Adrianus Cornelis Lighaam (79), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Zwik (46), Midwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Augustinua Scholten (78), Alkmaar
• Antje Zwik (46), Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham D. DeMott (77)
• Anna Maria Jane Perrin (80)
• Antonia Anna van Roessel (71), Breda
• Beertje Jansen (97), Barneveld
• Albertje Venhuizen (88), Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Albartus Berkhof (91), Vriezenveen

• 1934 » Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour († 2002)
• 1934 » Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus († 2008)
• 1935 » Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist († 2006)
• 1935 » Li Shengjiao, Chinese diplomat and international jurist († 2017)
• 1935 » Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2014)
• 1941 » Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor († 2004)
• 1941 » John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach († 2011)
• 1943 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes († 1955)
• 1944 » Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer

• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1951 » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

The temperature on January 7, 1939 was between -5.0 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.