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• Hendrikus Franciscus Vennis, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 2009)
• Alwine Herbers, Lingen/Ems († 2004)
• Berend Jan Meijerink, Hardenberg († 1939)
• Hendrikus Franciscus Vennis, Amersfoort († 2009)
• Beverly Jean Diekema, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan († 1941)
• Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Roelsema
• Hendrikus Franciscus (Henk) Vennis, Amersfoort († 2009)
• (Stillborn) Bredewoud (Bredewout,Bredewold,Bredewolt), Oldenzaal, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana Cornelia Koeman, Noordwijk († 2019)
• Doodgeboren Lensink, Amersfoort († 1939)

• Arie de Wit (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Hoogeveen (0), Ede
• Adriaantje van Asch (50), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Kamphuis (81), Rijssen
• Arie Loots (49), Enkhuizen
• Anna Cornelia Straver (72), Gouda, Gemeente Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Beekman (34), Soest
• Antonius Vogels (72), Sint-Oedenrode
• Amerentia Lankhuijzen (63), Breda
• Adrianus van Ketel (73), Oudeschild (Texel, NH)

• 1936 » Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author, poet, and translator
• 1936 » Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1938 » Julie Felix, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2020)
• 1939 » Colin Thubron, English journalist and author
• 1939 » Peter Mayle, English author and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1939 » Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 » Jonathan Raban, English author and academic
• 1942 » Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge († 2008)
• 1943 » Barry Burman, English painter and academic († 2001)
• 1943 » Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

• 1926 » Mary Cassatt, American-French painter (b. 1843)
• 1927 » Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
• 1928 » Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1936 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)
• 1936 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
• 1946 » John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)

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. 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 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• 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 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on June 14, 1939 was between 2.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.