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• Gijsbertus van der Sluis († 1993)
• Fenna Grietje Luttjeboer, Winschoten († 2008)
• Donald Glores Groeneveld, High River,Alberta,Canada († 1970)
• Gijsbertus van der SluiJs, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Bennie Kroezen, Geesteren,Tubbergen († 2000)
• David van de Kar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Irene Elisabeth JUNG, Batavia (NOI) († 1996)
• Dale Henry Rowan († 2005)
• Johanna Petronella Maria Derksen († 2010)
• Francisca Maria Blüm († 2016)

• Cornelia Suttorp (49), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Jacoba Maria van der Horn van den Bos (65), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Demoed (33), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius van Akeren, Veldhoven
• Clasina van der Hoeven (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Carpentier (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Thain Hendry (82), Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Anna Catharina Mulder (65), Scheemda
• Anna verhoef (66), stolwijk
• Anna Catharina De Roeck (73), Duffel, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1937 » Alan Budd, English economist and academic
• 1938 » Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker († 2011)
• 1938 » Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
• 1938 » Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic († 2002)
• 1938 » Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1938 » Walter Learning, Canadian actor († 2020)
• 1939 » Michael Billington, English author and critic
• 1940 » Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1941 » Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist
• 1941 » Gerry Marshall, English race car driver († 2005)

• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)

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 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• 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 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

The temperature on November 16, 1939 was between 5.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.