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• Anna Wilhelmina Snoek, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Beverly L. Williams, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Cornelis ESSEBOOM, Dordrecht († 2023)
• Harley Paul van Roekel, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 2001)
• Henderiekus (Rieks) BLOK, Sellingen (Vlagtwedde) Groningen Netherlands († 2007)
• Jan Louis van Oudheusden, Rozenburg († 1946)
• Janna Cornelia Hasselaar, Deventer {OV} († 1939)
• Cornelia Catharina Theodora(Corry) van Geest, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 2007)
• Fredericus Cornelis van Gent, den haag († 2022)
• James Christopher Patterson, Woolwich, London. England († 2003)

• Belia Cornelia Oskam (77), Zuilen
• Bernard Henrich Eiken (71)
• Adrianus van Pinxteren (47), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Jans Bakker (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernard Bulten (82), Groenlo
• Adriana Sweens (72), Udenhout
• Anna Maria Struijk (76), Eindhoven, N-B, NL
• Bernadette Marie DECLERCK (62), Westkerke
• Petrus Jacobus de Krom (77), Lepelstraat
• Aaltje Boschman (59), Dalfsen

• 1937 » Earl Carroll, American singer († 2012)
• 1938 » David Eden Lane, American white supremacist († 2007)
• 1938 » Jay Black, American singer
• 1938 » Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
• 1938 » Queen Sofía of Spain
• 1939 » Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security
• 1939 » Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic
• 1940 » Jim Bakken, American football player
• 1940 » Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
• 1941 » Brian Poole, English pop-rock singer

• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)

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.
• 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.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
• December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

The temperature on November 2, 1939 was between 1.6 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.