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• Arcelia Haro, La Barca Jal, Mexico († 1979)
• Johannes Catharina Bernardus Mols, Heerlen, Nederland († 1940)
• Dirk Catharinus -, Kapel-Avezaath {GE} († 1940)
• Jan Jacob van Asselt, Hilversum († 2004)
• Gerdina Catharina Passchier, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Huig Meijvogel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Jan Jacobs van ASSELT, Hilversum († 2004)
• Jane Marie Johnson, Forest City, Hancock / Winnebago Co., IA († 2015)
• Johan Wilhelm Wiertz, Zuilen († 1940)
• Gerard Peter Hoogers, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2022)

• Anna Margaretha Maria Adelheid Goosevoort (70), Ruhlertwist
• Anna Verschuur (93), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Jacobs Slot (75), Boijl, Nederland
• Aartje van Triest (73), Orange City (Iowa), Verenigde Staten
• Antoinetta Margaretha Jacoba Groenevelt (79), Zeist, Nederland
• Barend Walvisch (63), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cândida Lidia Nogueira (71), Brasil
• Albert Koetsier (66)
• Anna Maynard (41), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Koetsier (66)

• 1936 » Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence († 2014)
• 1937 » Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic
• 1937 » Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress († 2005)
• 1937 » Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, 6th President of Latvia
• 1938 » Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer
• 1939 » Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1940 » Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor († 2011)
• 1940 » Mike Denness, Scottish-English cricketer and referee († 2013)
• 1940 » Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1940 » Tasso Wild, German footballer

• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)

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 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.

The temperature on December 1, 1939 was between 8.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.