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• Johannes Maria Joseph (Jan) Vandevoort, Halmaal, België († 2016)
• Daniel Jacobus Elich († 1989)
• José Carlos de Carvalho, Santa Lucia, São Paulo, Brasil († 2012)
• Hendrik Mondria, Vollenhove, Nederland († 2008)
• Jan Peekstok, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Geertruida Cornelia Bloebaum, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Fenna Regina Odilia Hoogma, Maastricht († 2010)
• Harie Mallens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Jan Roos, Zeist (U) († 1991)
• Jeanne Françoise Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Wassenaar († 2013)

• Alberta van Vreeswijk (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Romein (73), Loosduinen Z.H
• Adriaan Roelofszen (66), Purmerend
• Anna, Catharina Dalie (83), Zijderveld,Gemeente Vianen,Utrecht,Pays-Bas
• Amalie Louise Ernestine Hedwig Hanstein (65)
• Bastiaan Cornelis Van Drunen (82)
• Augusta Bertha Oehlke (79), Petersburg, Menard Co., Illinois
• "Marie" Anne Alix Baron de Montbel (76), Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Rosalina Sophia Corba (88), Leiden
• Antje Hendriks van der Velde (77), Suameer

• 1938 » David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1938 » Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2013)
• 1938 » Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic († 2014)
• 1940 » Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1941 » Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1941 » Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author († 2013)
• 1942 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1942 » Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1942 » Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)

• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)

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. Aaltje
15. Trijntje
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 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
• 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.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

The temperature on December 9, 1939 was between 3.6 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.