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• Arnoldus Catrinus Willem van Veenendaal, Heerewaarden († 1989)
• Jan Doorten († 2002)
• Joannes Nicolaas Beerens, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1940)
• Jean Claude hubert, st germain d arcé († 1990)
• Geurtje van Deuveren, Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Leo Peters, Groesbeek († 2013)
• Frank-Peter Kemper, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2010)
• Jan van der Heijden († 1992)
• Laura Clara Braeckman, Wetteren († 1940)
• Janna Cornelia de Jong*, Terschelling (Frl.) († 2017)

• Ada Orrill (89), Jacksonville, Duval Co.,, Flevoland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Jansen (71), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia van Asch (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Gorp (0), Goirle
• Buelah MALCORE (33), Green Bay, Brown Co, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur Jan Hubert Sonnen (51), Eindhoven
• Bertha Frederica Michael (59), Breda
• David Johannes Bourguignon (72), Rotterdam
• Amelia Gislena Maria Varendonck (72), Kieldrecht
• Catharina Schilperoort (71), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1936 » Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer
• 1937 » Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player († 2006)
• 1938 » Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor
• 1939 » Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator
• 1940 » Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1940 » Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer
• 1941 » Bill Thomas, American academic and politician
• 1941 » Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1941 » Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress
• 1941 » Richard Speck, American murderer († 1991)

• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)

• 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 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
• September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on December 6, 1939 was between -1.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.