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• Alberus Jacobus (Ab) de Graaf, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Donald W Hawkes, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States of America († 2019)
• Isidoor (Morris) BECKX, (LOOSE-END) Lived Antwerpen (B) († 2012)
• Bob HOVIUS, Arnhem († 2010)
• Brian Furne, Beresford Road, No 1, Walthamstow, London, England († 2018)
• gerrit hilferink, groenlo († 2002)
• Annette Veltrup († 2015)
• Geertje Geertina Wilting, Borger († 2015)
• Geertje Geertina Wilting, Borger, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerard Peter Theodorus Maria (Gerrit) CLAESSENS, Venray, Limburg, Netherlands († 1964)

• Alida Wijnands (65), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Arie Hoogenboezem (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wijnands (65), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derkje Hermsen (83), Arnhem
• Berend Beldman (77), Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christiaan Josephus Petrus Dijkshoorn (29), Mwanza, Tanzania
• Cornelis Van LOENEN (83), Rotterdam
• Daniel Johannes Grossenbag (73), Castricum
• Anna van der Toorn (88), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Snoek (80), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1938 » Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Ukraine
• 1938 » Otto Rehhagel, German footballer, coach, and manager
• 1938 » Rod Laver, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1939 » Billy Henderson, American singer († 2007)
• 1939 » Bulle Ogier, French actress and screenwriter
• 1939 » Butch Warren, American bassist († 2013)
• 1939 » Hércules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer
• 1939 » Romano Prodi, Italian academic and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Italy
• 1939 » The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2014)
• 1939 » Vincent Hanna, Northern Irish journalist († 1997)

• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)

• 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 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
• March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• 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.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on August 9, 1939 was between 9.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.