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• Carl Stephen Sybesma, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2008)
• Bernard Jan Kapma, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Geertje van der Woude, Oudega, Nederland († 2016)
• François Gerrits, Wellen, België († 2016)
• Ina Hendrika Lecilia van der Kaai, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betty Swaab, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Charmaine V. Hanger, Zanesville, Muskingum Co. Ohio († 1980)
• adrianus jacob van rumpt, middelharnis (goeree overflakkee) († 1994)
• Felix Delbet († 2009)
• Constance Agnes van Bockel, Holland († 1986)

• Antonius van Lamoen (84), Best
• Adriana Maria Ludwina Zoetmulder (58), 's Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Ludwina Zoetmulder (58), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert STOKKINK (78)
• Akke Klazes de de Boer (79), Balk, 8561, Nederland
• Charles Frederick Thuma (71), Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Francisca Antonia Arends (53), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nout (74)
• Adrianus Jacobus Gaasbeek (78), Lienden
• Antonius van Lamoen (84), Best

• 1937 » Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter († 1968)
• 1939 » Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist († 2015)
• 1939 » Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
• 1939 » Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter
• 1940 » Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
• 1940 » Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
• 1940 » Sam Waterston, American actor
• 1940 » Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer († 2019)
• 1940 » Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
• 1941 » Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
• 1922 » Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
• 1922 » Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)
• 1941 » Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
• 1949 » Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1951 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Emma Richter, German paleontologist (b. 1888)

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.
• February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• 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.
• September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• 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 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.

The temperature on November 15, 1939 was between 6.9 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.