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• Anna Emerentia Wilhelmina Bakker, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Hugh Thomas Gore , Sr., Whiteville, Columbus County, North Carolina († 1975)
• Fredericus Andries Gerardus Hoogveld, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Helena Hake, Barger-Compascuum († 2001)
• Guurtje Johanna Vis, van der, Oost (Texel) († 1998)
• Desideratus Renaers, Kerkom, België († 1993)
• Doodgeboren kind van der Sanden, Tilburg († 1939)
• Gerrit Johannes Hut, 's-Gravenhage († 2007)
• Cornelis Albertus (Cor) Hartmann, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Elizabeth (Beth) WINDEMULLER, Holland Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A († 1981)

• Adriane gravin von Ranzow (72), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Petronella Albertina Kervel (72), Malang
• Bernard TRUYEN (88), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arie LIEFAARD (66), 's-Gravendeel
• Adriane von Ranzow (72), 's Gravenhage
• Catharina de Kam (58), Grijpskerke (Z)
• Adrianus Verkaart (77), Steenbergen (Steenbergen en Kruisland) (Noord-Brabant)
• Kroesbergen (0), Veewnendaal
• Antonia Vermeer (63), Udenhout
• Anna Cornelia de BEUKELAER (67), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1937 » Ivan Boesky, American businessman
• 1937 » Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1938 » Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice
• 1939 » Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation († 2003)
• 1939 » Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri
• 1940 » Jeff Wooller, English accountant and banker
• 1940 » Joanna Miles, French-born American actress
• 1940 » Ken Danby, Canadian painter († 2007)
• 1940 » R. H. Sikes, American golfer
• 1940 » Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach († 2001)

• 1932 » John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
• 1933 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)

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. 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.
• February 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• 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.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on March 6, 1939 was between 6.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.