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• Heeres Lourens Hamberg, Bergentheim († 2021)
• Elizabeth Labouchere, Utrecht († 2003)
• Francis Wallace McDonald, Ledyard, Kossuth County, Iowa, United States of America († 2014)
• Jan Knippenberg van, Venlo, Lim, Nederland († 2010)
• Antonia Josepha Cornelia (Tonnie) de Weijer, Tilburg († 2008)
• Cornelis Gijsbert Brandt, Dordrecht († 2007)
• Hanna (J.H.M.) Lepping, Schaesberg († 1988)
• Antje Sportel, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• Janke Brouwer, Parrega († 1939)
• Cornelis Sikkema, Roodeschool, Nederland († 2005)

• Anna Margaretha Dorothea van Osenbruggen (76), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Clementina Doupagne (79), Charleroi
• Clara Emily FORDHAM (83), Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England
• Adrianus Johannes van Laarhoven- (64), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Laarhoven (64), Tilburg
• Antonio Nogueira Valente (77), Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brasil
• Cornelis Hageman (44), Den Haag
• Cornelia Catshoek (54), Zierikzee Schouwen Duiveland Zeeland Nederland
• Christina Stoel (65), Breda
• Arnoldus Zwegers (74), Geldrop

• 1932 » François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist († 2019)
• 1937 » Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor († 2012)
• 1938 » Mack Jones, American baseball player († 2004)
• 1939 » Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2019)
• 1939 » Michael Schwerner, American activist († 1964)
• 1940 » Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
• 1941 » Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1999)
• 1941 » Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2016)
• 1946 » Sally Field, American actress

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

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. 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.
• March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
• 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.
• September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

The temperature on November 6, 1939 was between 6.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.