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• Anneke Grietje Egberts Kronemeijer, Bakkeveen († 1980)
• Gerardus Johannes van Brunschot, Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Barry Aden Murray, Perry, Dallas County, Iowa († 2008)
• Antonia Gerardina Willibrorda Holtkuile, Boerhaar († 2016)
• Annie Hamming, Hoogwoud, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Helena Frieling, Ubbergen, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Jelle WEZELMAN, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2013)
• Gilbert Andreas Johannes Elvire Gerardus Van den Rul, Neerpelt († 2016)
• Jan van den Heuvel († 1952)
• Doreen Isa Gleason, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States († 2004)

• Arij Cornelis Brouwer (58), Maassluis
• Adriaan Neytzell de Wilde (62), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• August Simon Ehbel (83), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Alfons WYFFELS (66), Rollegem-Kapelle
• Adrianus Petrus van Kempen (59)
• Aukje Pieters Kooi (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Bos (60), Groningen
• Anna Gertrudis Schouren (36), Beesel, Nederland
• Agatha Ludovica Johanna Seesink (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Boss (32)

• 1935 » Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
• 1935 » Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1936 » Virna Lisi, Italian actress († 2014)
• 1938 » Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician († 2007)
• 1938 » Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet
• 1938 » Satch Sanders, American basketball player
• 1939 » Meg Wynn Owen, Welsh actress
• 1941 » Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
• 1942 » Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican-American jockey
• 1942 » Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster

• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
• September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
• September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

The temperature on November 8, 1939 was between 9.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.