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• Jos Boot, Teteringen, gem. Breda, NB, Nederland († 2010)
• Jan Pieper († 2012)
• Aloijsia Dorothea Maria (Wies) Kleene, Roermond († 1939)
• Cornelis van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Falkena, Ireton Sioux Iowa († 1939)
• antonius lodewijk lucia van horssen, asten
• Johanna Sturk, Den Helder († 2003)
• Heinrich Keuter († 2010)
• DOODGEBOREN KIND WILLEMSEN, PUTTEN († 1939)
• Etienne Vallet († 2004)

• Albert BOERSMA (71), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustinus Carolus Dumerniet (55), Delft
• Anthonia Hendrica Anthoniesd Driessen (46), Den Helder
• Alberdina Geertina Harding (32), Scheemda
• Alberdina Geertina Harding (32), Scheemda
• Anna Margaretha Heijkamp (75), Rotterdam
• Annie Marshall Mcpherson (70), Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
• Adrianus Cornelius Mols (19)
• Antonia Antoons Stoppels (87), Delfzijl
• Arthur (66)

• 1937 » Fernand Labrie, Canadian endocrinologist and academic
• 1937 » George Knudson, Canadian golfer († 1989)
• 1937 » Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire († 1995)
• 1938 » John Byner, American actor and comedian
• 1938 » Leon Panetta, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense
• 1938 » S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician († 2006)
• 1938 » Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn, British baron
• 1939 » Klaus Schmiegel, German chemist
• 1940 » Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1917 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and educator (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1929 » Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1936 » Alexander Berkman, American author and activist († 1870)
• 1939 » Douglas H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (b. 1896)
• 1944 » Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

The temperature on June 28, 1939 was between 11.6 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.