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• Eleanor Elizabeth Moenning, Jackson County, Indiana († 2007)
• Geuchien Dirk Prins, Dordrecht († 2003)
• Leo Gielen († 1987)
• Johannes Brouwer, Breda († 2018)
• Doodgeboren kind Prince, Tilburg († 1939)
• Jan Vegter, Thesinge, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Franciscus Ignatius HEIJM, Amsterdam,Nederland († 2002)
• MULLENDERS, Liège, Province de Liège, Belgique († 1939)
• Jennigje Sara (Jenny) Nieuwenhuis, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Johannes Petrus Maria Mol, Wervershoof († 2020)

• Adriaan Bragt, van (79), Oudenbosch
• Bernard Anton Emil Joseph Heinrich Ridders (76), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernard Anton Emil Joseph Heinrich Ridders (76), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anne CORMACK (85), Blachfield St., Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Azuwerus van ERKELENS Czn (87), Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Arnoldus Romeijn (70), Vlaardingen
• Aalbert van den Pol (64)
• Arnoldus Romeijn (70), Vlaardingen
• Anna Rauwenhoff (76), Tongeren, Limburg, België
• Adriaan van Bragt (79), Oudenbosch (noord-brabant)

• 1937 » Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
• 1938 » Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania († 2011)
• 1938 » Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author
• 1938 » William Corlett, English author and playwright († 2005)
• 1939 » Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1939 » Harvey Pekar, American author and critic († 2010)
• 1939 » Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal
• 1940 » Fred Cash, American soul singer
• 1940 » Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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. 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.
• January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.

The temperature on October 8, 1939 was between 1.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.