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• Cornelis Antonie Quint, Wageningen († 2009)
• Boudewyn Edouardus Mélanie Marie Regout, Eindhoven († 2003)
• Maring, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 1939)
• Gaatse de Vries, Kollum († 2014)
• Anthony Robert Kreutzjans, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Bernardus Gerardus Groener, Denekamp, 7591, Nederland († 1955)
• Corrie Bleeker, Waarland, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Cees Tol († 2014)
• George M. Milner, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona († 2002)
• Alida Maria Stoop, Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)

• Albert Kirby FAIRFAX (69), London
• Beert van den Born (67), Nijkerk
• Carolus Arnoldus van den Bogaerdt (21), Zuilen
• Coenraad Jan Bosman (22), Groningen
• Caspar Eekhoff (81), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Brinkman (73), Vlaardingen
• Anthonie Spruijt (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Boxtel, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Meester (79), Franeker
• Albertus Somberg (75)

• 1937 » David Crocker, American philosopher and academic
• 1937 » Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer († 2014)
• 1937 » Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress († 2015)
• 1938 » Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Norman D. Wilson, American actor († 2004)
• 1939 » Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider († 2018)
• 1940 » Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1940 » Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1940 » Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
• 1940 » Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)

• 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.
• April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
• September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

The temperature on October 4, 1939 was between 1.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.