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• Cornelis van Wijngaarden, Polsbroek († 1994)
• Anna Elisa ter Kuile, Enschede († 2020)
• Deloris Loueen Lombard, Freeborn, Minnesota († 1940)
• Don M Simpson, Finley, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Bas Kop, Vlaardingen († 2000)
• Doodgeboren kind Martens, Deurne († 1939)
• Albert Auwen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Elsie Jean Cleveringa, Sioux Center,Iowa,Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Bep Menting, Tilburg, Noord Brabant († 2003)
• Adriana Anna Martina Jacoba Lammertsma, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)

• Anna Agatha Duc, Le (74), Oostzaan gem. Zaandam Nhl. Nederland
• Adriana Aadje Christina van de Braak (74), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Thalen (71), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Vogelaar (84), Arnhem
• Andriesje van der Molen (63), Wirdum (Wurdum), Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Wagenaar (74), Broek op Langedijk
• Abraham Pieter Witmaar (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth HOLWERDA (86), Leiden
• Abraham Lopes Cardozo (70), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus de Groot (67), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1937 » Jill Gascoine, English actress and author
• 1938 » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager († 2013)
• 1938 » Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff († 2007)
• 1938 » Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman
• 1939 » Louise Lasser, American actress
• 1939 » Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Col Firmin, Australian politician († 2013)
• 1940 » Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor († 1998)
• 1941 » Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author

• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)

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. 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.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

The temperature on April 11, 1939 was between 7.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.