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• Cornelis Bruinstroop († 2009)
• Albertina Johanna van Elst, Amsterdam († 1939)
• BRUCE R EDELCUP († 2011)
• Adriana Johanna Petronella Cleijsen, Gilze en Rijen († 1939)
• Agatha Johanna Sikkes, Sneek († 2020)
• Bauke de Waij, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Gerrit Jan ter Maaten, Woudenberg, Gemeente Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)
• Gerard Burger, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Geertruida Euphemia Elsing, Haarlem († 1940)
• Agnes Maria Jacoba van der Rijken, Waspik († 2010)

• Antonie Hector Kooij (61), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Antje Hoogeveen (90), Tijnje
• Arjen Kiviet (66)
• Antje Otzes Hogeveen (90), Tijnje, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Arends de Jong (86), Katwijk
• Antje Otses Hogeveen (90), Tijnje, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Otzes Hogeveen (90), Tijnje
• Bernardus (Nard) Duwel (93), Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Stokkentreef (77), Hengelo
• Aaltje de Jong (86), Katwijk

• 1938 » Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
• 1938 » Joe Esposito, American author († 2016)
• 1938 » Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author († 2020)
• 1939 » Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
• 1939 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral († 1996)
• 1939 » J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout († 1994)
• 1939 » Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1940 » George Seifert, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1940 » John Hurt, English actor († 2017)

• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)

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. Aaltje
15. Trijntje
16. Helena

• 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 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• 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 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
• November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.

The temperature on January 22, 1939 was between 7.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.