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• Hendrik Melle Van der Velde († 2011)
• Charles Albert Shook, Ferndale, Oakland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Jan Hendrik ten Velde, Zwartemeer († 1985)
• Euodia Strydom, Krakeelrivier († 2002)
• Hendrikje van Smeden, Amsterdam († 1940)
• Adriana Cornelia Willekes, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1940)
• Jantien Meijering, Valthermond, Odoorn († 2006)
• Grietje Postma († 1945)
• Aloisius Wilhelmus Antonius van Oosterhout, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Barend Knoop, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Adrianus Kastelijn (49), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amanda Caroline Shoemaker (75), Darlington, Gentry, Missouri, United States
• Caldonia "Callie" CRISP (68), Haywood Co, NC
• Adriana MIDDELKOOP (77), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Belmiro Duarte (0)
• Anna Francisca Johanna van Dommelen (86), Ginneken en Bavel
• Claudio Dubeux Brotherhood (58), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Antonius W. Littelink (12), Raalte
• Antonius Hendricus Reijerink (78), Eibergen, Gelderland, Niederlande
• Clasina Johanna Visée (81), Tiel

• 1936 » Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt († 2012)
• 1937 » Polly Holliday, American actress
• 1937 » Richard Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1938 » David Owen, English physician and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 1939 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician († 1976)
• 1939 » John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff
• 1939 » Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer († 1973)
• 1940 » Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1941 » Wendell Mottley, Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician
• 1941 » William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2015)

• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)

• 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 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• 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.
• September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• 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 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on July 2, 1939 was between 8.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.