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• Henricus Antonius Jansen, Wijchen, Gemeente Wijchen, Gelderland, Niederlande († 2013)
• Berendina Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Herman de Hond, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Doris Earle Moorer, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Gerard Zonneveld, Castricum († 2013)
• Cornelia (Neel) Sier, Volendam, Nederland († 2019)
• Carolina Marianne Goedbloed, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 2008)
• Albertha Joan Spykerboer, Lyon County, Iowa († 2020)
• Grietje Kruit, Borne († 1998)
• Gloria LaDon Davis, Bismark, Missouri († 2000)

• Akke Johannes Annema (71), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Ogden McMullen (88), Craig, Burt, Nebraska
• Cornelia Dorothea Witte (53), Rosmalen
• Akke Johannes Annema (71), Veenwouden
• Cornelia Knopper (28), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Prinsen (77), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna de Hon (48), Rotterdam
• Akke Annema (71), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius de Korte (58), Zuilen
• Cornelia Johanna van Hulten (49), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1937 » Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler
• 1937 » Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1939 » Bill McGill, American basketball player († 2014)
• 1939 » Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter
• 1940 » Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
• 1940 » Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer († 2018)
• 1941 » Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
• 1941 » Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
• 1942 » Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
• 1942 » Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic

• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1932 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1933 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
• 1946 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)

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.
• February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
• December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

The temperature on September 16, 1939 was between 7.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.