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• Gerhard STROOT († 1989)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Maria van der Valk, Delft († 1939)
• Berber Koster, Kollumerzwaag († 2020)
• Jan Lodewijk Jozef ZOONS, Neeroeteren,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2017)
• Gerhard Stroot († 1989)
• Johannes Cornelis Schmitz, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Dale L. Knippenberg († 2006)
• Christoforus Niedeveld, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Howard Carl Popes, Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa († 2000)
• Fedde Godeke († 1995)

• Andries Jacobus Dreyer b4c2d4e2f5g3 (56)
• Alphonsine Mary Mailloux (80), Currie, Murray, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aalbert den Boer (75), Rotterdam
• Allen Lamar (Buster) Barnett (27), Cass County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur William WADLEY (67), Selbourne, Tasmania, Australia
• Aimee Isabel HINDER (45), Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
• Bernardus Brans (37), Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dimphna Tubbeckx (59), Geel, België
• Arigje Cornelia Pot (38), Tjimahi (Nederlands Indië)
• Adriana Elizabeth Stokhof (76), Schiedam

• 1935 » John Brodie, American football player and golfer
• 1940 » Galen Hall, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Darrell "Dash" Crofts, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1941 » Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Lionel Morton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and television presenter
• 1942 » Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1943 » Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer
• 1943 » Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician
• 1944 » John Dunt, English admiral

• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)

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.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
• September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
• 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.

The temperature on August 14, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.