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• Aaltje Ploeger, Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1994)
• Cornelia Maria Prinsen, Emmen(Dr) († 1998)
• Elisabeth van Putten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Diederik Lalkens, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerrit Hamakers, Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Arie Dirk Stolk, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Daniel Petrus Suijkerbuijk, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Ernest Eugene Hargis, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Henk Groen († 2008)
• Helen Jean Meir, West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Antonius Lintsen (77), Valburg
• Arie Mulder (84), Renkum (GLD) Nederland
• Bernard Laurens Klauke (73), Almelo (NL)
• Alida Nieuwets (72), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Lindsen (77), Oosterhout, NL
• Arnolda VAN GESTEL (65), Breda,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Carolina Josephina Catharina Coopman (50), s' Gravenhage
• Anthoon Theodoor Cornelis Allart (66), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Buis (38), Spierdijk
• Aloijsius Vincentius Heerkens (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1935 » Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1996)
• 1936 » Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1936 » Elizabeth Peer, American journalist († 1984)
• 1937 » Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
• 1938 » Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer († 2013)
• 1938 » Victor Buono, American actor († 1982)
• 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
• 1941 » Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician († 2013)

• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)

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 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• 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.
• 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 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.

The temperature on February 3, 1939 was between -7.1 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.