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• David Adrian De Ronde, Cincinnati, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Dook Franken, Bergen op Zoom,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2001)
• Egbertus Sierk (Bertus) Buren, Tzummarum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• Chester Kukiewicz, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York († 2014)
• Cornelis van Schuppen, Veenendaal († 1940)
• Antje Elles Ellens, Oostermeer, NL-FR († 1986)
• Hendrika Maria Petronella Bolt, Velsen († 1994)
• Francine GORISSEN, Opgrimbie,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 1989)
• Adriana (Jeanne) ZUIJDERDUIJN, Katwijk aan Zee
• Gilles Gabriel Francois Dupaquier, Alise-Sainte-Reine († 2022)

• Alice Mulgrew (57), Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Berend Menzes Wouda (78), Dokkum
• Adriana Neeltje van Beveren (70), Brouwershaven
• Abraham Brandon (43), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Maria van Zuijlekom (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Michael EBRENZ EBERENG (71), Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Abbenhuis (71), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bintje Kinderman (33)
• Aloi Henri Tjong-A-Kiet (53), Paramaribo,Suriname
• Andries Jannes Smit (67), Diever, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1937 » Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1978)
• 1938 » Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
• 1938 » Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician († 2016)
• 1939 » Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker († 2009)
• 1939 » Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1940 » Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
• 1940 » Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
• 1940 » Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
• 1940 » Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor († 2010)
• 1941 » Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician

• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)

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.
• January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
• December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The temperature on April 15, 1939 was between 8.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.