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• Arthur CRAMER († 1963)
• Geertje Lutes Winters, Vollenhove, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriaan Spronk, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2007)
• James Gerard Fyfe, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1946)
• Georg Zandhuis, Heerenveen († 1993)
• Georg Zandhuis, Heerenveen († 1993)
• Geertje Luten Winters († 1999)
• Johanna Henrica Martina de Bresser, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Jan Roos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Josephus Hubertus Leo Saenen, Linkhout 3560(Belgie) († 1940)

• Aaltje de Vos (85), Loosduinen
• Adriaantje de Koning (68), Zevenbergen (N.B.)
• Andries Post
• Agnes Murdoch (52), 59 Margaret Street, Greenock
• Amelia Theresia Brunot (80), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Vissers (84), Princenhage, Nederland
• Adriaan van Dongen (86), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaldrika Rops (33), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaldrika Rops (33), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Stroker (54), Amsterdam

• 1937 » Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore
• 1937 » Harris Yulin, American actor
• 1938 » César Luis Menotti, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1938 » Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator
• 1938 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter († 1980)
• 1939 » Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader
• 1940 » Elke Sommer, German actress
• 1940 » Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
• 1942 » George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)

• 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.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.

The temperature on November 5, 1939 was between 6.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.