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• Johannes Pruijt, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 2010)
• Jac van Empel, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 2021)
• Adrie Willie Maria Nap, Waarder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Leo Leonardus van der Ven, Linschoten († 2000)
• Charlotte MIENS († 2018)
• Jan Droge († 2002)
• Hendrik Albert Grunstra, Goïnga, Friesland, Netherlands († 2003)
• Hillechien de Boer, Delfzijl († 1992)
• Elisabeth Jan Albert Teulings, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2008)
• anna hubertina nooijen, helden-grashoek

• Anne Frances Richmond (69), Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander de Ridder (81), Sluiskil, Nederland
• Castel (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Lamberta Maria Voss (36), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart de Jong (67), Nieuwenhoorn
• Bernard Janssen (46), Nijmegen
• Catharina Hinderika Kroon (54), Groningen
• Cornelia Rog (29), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Van Der LINDEN (49), Ridderkerk
• Adolphine Maria Hendrica de Caes (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

• 1937 » Bessie Head, Botswanan writer
• 1937 » Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1937 » Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia († 2014)
• 1937 » Ned Beatty, American actor
• 1937 » Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
• 1939 » Bruce Hunter, American swimmer († 2018)
• 1939 » Jet Harris, English bass player († 2011)
• 1939 » Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
• 1940 » Jeannie Seely, Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
• 1940 » Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan

• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1952 » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 1959 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 1961 » Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)

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 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

The temperature on July 6, 1939 was between 10.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.