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• Jozef Jules Gerard Raes, Oostnieuwkerke († 2012)
• Cornelis A. Verkleij, Jutphaas († 1942)
• Henk Rovers, Mill en Sint Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Johnnie Faye Prince, Tabor City, Columbus County, North Carolina († 1939)
• Ekke Wolters, Baflo († 2023)
• G.A. Haarhuis, Manderveen († 1982)
• Jayne Luree Dunn
• Foto Richard Sjra Wolters, Herten,, Limburg, Nederland († 1983)
• Grietje Rijsdijk, Sprang-Capelle († 1939)
• Beryl Dimple Bent, Postdam, St Elizabeth († 2008)

• Cornelia de Rooij (68), Tilburg
• Berend Lammerts Homan (36)
• Corstiaan Verheul (79), Buitenzorg, Indonesie
• Adrianus Brugman (4), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Griffioen (3), Hekendorp, Utrecht (voor 1989 Zuid-Holland), Nederland
• Charles James HOGAN (0)
• Cornelia de Rooij- (68), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Massar (69), Tilburg, Nederland
• CATHARINA PRONK (37), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Berendina Sonneveld (0), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1935 » Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist († 2004)
• 1939 » Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
• 1939 » Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian († 2013)
• 1939 » Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic († 2015)
• 1940 » Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician († 1999)
• 1941 » John Geoghegan, American lieutenant († 1965)
• 1942 » Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1942 » James Hood, American activist († 2013)
• 1942 » Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1909 » George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
• 1917 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862)
• 1946 » Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
• 1956 » Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)

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.
• January 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on November 10, 1939 was between 4.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.