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• Hans Mur, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Engelbertha Adriana Vitalis Antonetta Sitters († 2015)
• Leonardus Abram Hoevenaar († 1986)
• Lucien Armand Baumgart, Paramaribo Suriname († 1999)
• Antonia Gerardina Willibrorda Holtkuile, Boerhaar († 2016)
• Reus, Alkmaar
• Helena Frieling, Ubbergen, Nederland († 1940)
• Annie Hamming, Hoogwoud, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Jan Zonneveld, Egmond-Binnen († 2004)
• Dirk Jan Honig, Koog aan den Zaan († 2019)

• Arij Cornelis Brouwer (58), Maassluis
• Abraham Boudestein (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Cohen (45), Rotterdam
• Alexander Eli Harris (66), Bronx County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Boeken-Kruger (82), Nieuwer Amstel
• Alfons WYFFELS (66), Rollegem-Kapelle
• Catharina Heilig- (60), Zuid-Scharwoude, Nederland
• Antje Wiegersdr ten Hoeve (83), Haskerland
• Aukje Pieters Kooi (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van Kempen (59)

• 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)

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.
• January 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• 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.
• 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 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
• September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.

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.