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• Anna Helena Tieben, Duitsland († 2017)
• Ezechiel Worms, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• * Anthonius Petrus (Anton) Willemsen († 2005)
• Emelda Elaine McCaleb († 2021)
• Huiberdina Paans, Loon op Zand († 1940)
• Huiberdina Paans, Loon op Zand († 1940)
• Hagen († 2009)
• Emanuel De Souter, Antwerpen († 1974)
• Jacob Jan Doumen, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1999)
• Aartje Schriever, Harderwijk († 1994)

• Anna Maria Gloudemans (94), Town of Vanden Broek, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin
• Anne Laverman (55), leeuwarden
• Bartholomeus Leenders (39), de Noordzee
• Adriaan van Amelsvoort (69), Loon op Zand
• Bernardus Johannes de Jong (69), Wageningen
• Casper Marinus Leenderd Kouw (74), Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alida Geertruida Hoek (85), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Huisman (76), Heerlen
• Catharina Johanna Nuijens (78), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Wouw (40), Tilburg

• 1936 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer († 1958)
• 1937 » Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 » Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
• 1938 » Stella Stevens, American actress and director
• 1938 » Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1939 » Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1939 » George Archer, American golfer († 2005)
• 1940 » Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
• 1940 » Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, and author of the best-seller, Women and Madness (1972)
• 1940 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager († 2003)

• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (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. 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.
• January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• 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.
• September 17 » World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

The temperature on October 1, 1939 was between 4.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.