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• Betty Ann "Betts" Nylen, St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Jacoba Petronella de Mol, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrik (Hennie) MIDDELKOOP, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Greetje Zoutman, Apeldoorn († 2002)
• Allen Lee Price, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2021)
• Gene Raymond Selvidge, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Hubertus Joseph Maria (Huub) Vogelezang, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Frits I.M. Brooijmans, Tilburg († 1991)
• François Désiré FACON, MAZINGARBE, Pas-de-Calais, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France († 1994)
• Hendrik Middelkoop, Sliedrecht († 1947)

• Cornelia Francina Gruijtrooij (66), Rotterdam
• Alida Gravestijn (81), Kedichem
• Abraham VAN DER BEEK (38), Ede
• Anthony F Fettig (71), Cass, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Jannij GROOTHUIS (0), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Isaac" Daniel Carasso (65)
• Antje Crol (81), Amsterdam
• Catharina van Leeuwenkamp (87), Lichtenvoorde
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Karsten (71), Barneveld
• Anne Jelkes Jasper (53), Franeker

• 1936 » Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2013)
• 1937 » Antonio Carluccio, Italian-English chef and author († 2017)
• 1937 » Elinor Donahue, American actress
• 1937 » Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines
• 1938 » Stanley Fish, American theorist, author, and scholar
• 1939 » E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant, judge, and politician († 2013)
• 1941 » Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter († 1992)
• 1941 » Clark Dimond, American musician and author
• 1941 » Michel Roux, French-English chef and author († 2020)
• 1941 » Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter

• 1926 » Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 1937 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (b. 1856)
• 1937 » William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and zoologist (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)

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.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

The temperature on April 19, 1939 was between 2.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.