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• Albertus Gerardus Thijssen, Well, Limburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Hendrik Knibbe, Amsterdam
• Arie Jan (Harry John) Vriend, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Harry Weijman, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Hinke Bergsma, Weesperkarspel († 2019)
• Anna Maria Johanna van Outheusden, Tilburg († 2001)
• Anneke Steffens, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)
• Egbert Lenters († 1995)
• Gordon Vernon Akers, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2014)
• Antonie Abraham Lodewijkx, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Albertus Martinus van der Linden (86), Den Haag
• Adriana Petronella Koopman (82), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Wijdemans (76), Waalwijk
• van Dusschoten, Nijkerk
• Adriana de Bokx (80), Krabbendijke
• Andrew A Parks (84), Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Elisabeth VRANKEN (68), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Albert Koeman (47), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Kroon (66), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Lenting (69), Vlagtwedde

• 1938 » Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic († 2011)
• 1938 » Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian († 1995)
• 1939 » Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer († 2010)
• 1939 » Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
• 1939 » Samantha Eggar, English actress
• 1939 » Tony Rundle, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Tasmania
• 1940 » Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player († 1990)
• 1940 » Tom Butler, English bishop

• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)

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 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
• December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.

The temperature on March 5, 1939 was between 6.2 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.