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• Gerrigje DOEVENDANS, Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Gerrit Lambert Herssenberg, Kampen, Nederland († 1992)
• Elisabeth Bernardina Arnolda Maria Albers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Jacobus Sonke, Wemeldinge († 2021)
• Aaltje Kleine († 1992)
• Catharina Carolina Koornneef - van Dijk, Rotterdam († 1972)
• Abie Oostindie, Nijensleek († 2020)
• Freddie Edgar Jalink, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2000)
• Arlene Faye Granger († 2018)
• Jan Jacob Engbert Krist († 2019)

• Albartus Snetselaar (63), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Sint Nicolaas (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Steeg (91), Hoorn, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Stoppels (85), Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Alberdina Pel (44), Winschoten
• Antje Hylkes Praamstra (82), Achtkarspelen Friesland Nederland
• Aaltje Bikker (80), Lexmond
• Aletta Raaphorst (86), Leiden
• Alice Cordelia Bonta (87), Harrodsburg (Mercer County) (Kentucky)
• Antonius Petrus Hendrik Borgsteede (51), Amsterdam

• 1937 » Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1994)
• 1937 » Christopher Booker, English journalist and author
• 1937 » Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
• 1938 » Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1939 » Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
• 1939 » Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic († 2019)
• 1939 » Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)
• 1939 » John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 1939 » Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
• 1940 » Bruce Vento, American educator and politician († 2000)

• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)

• 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.
• May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• 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.
• December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

The temperature on October 7, 1939 was between 4.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.