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• Aubrey Jay VanOsdol († 2018)
• Cornelis Johannes Hoevenaar, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2001)
• Carolina Courbois, Arnhem, Ned
• Cornelis Hoevenaar, Loon op Zand
• Arsène Gustaaf Van de Wauwer, Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1955)
• Hendrik Boonk († 1987)
• Doodgeboren Dochter van Zuijlen, Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1939)
• Adrianus(Arie) Stam, Papendrecht († 2018)
• Francina Verweij, Dordrecht († 2018)
• Doodgeboren kind Bertens, Tilburg († 1939)

• Anna Willemina Klaassen (39), Tiel
• Adrianus de Kock (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Weehuizen (84), Haarlem
• Aletha Alieda van Delden (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Christiaan van Daalen (85), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Ree, ·Äòs-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dons (80), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Bremen (79), Kerkrade (L
• van den Vlekkert (0), Gorssel (GL)
• Anna Maria Jacobs (61)

• 1935 » A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
• 1935 » Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1936 » Michael White, Scottish actor and producer († 2016)
• 1937 » Francis George, American cardinal († 2015)
• 1937 » Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver († 2011)
• 1938 » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 1939 » Ralph Gibson, American photographer
• 1941 » Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1942 » Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager († 2016)

• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)

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.
• May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on January 16, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.