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• Harm Huisjes, Hardenberg († 2007)
• Anna Aleida Bernsen, Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• Joyce Juanita Johnson († 2020)
• Gerrit (Gert) Druijff (Druyff), Barneveld, Nederland († 2015)
• "kind van vrouwelijk" Gerssen, Den Helder († 1939)
• Egbertus Nelemans, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Annie Lourens († 2014)
• Adriana Maartje de Vreugd, Katwijk († 2010)
• Ila Douglas Page Jr., Tennessee († 2001)
• Johannes Cornelis Leonardus Ros, Ginneken en Bavel († 1998)

• Anna Maria Phillipen (66), Roosteren
• Aaltje Schuiten (65), Zandvoort
• Alexander Johann Vincenz Rudolf Hugo Karl Lamoral Eligius von Thurn und Taxis (87)
• Alexandre de Tour et Taxis (87)
• Aris van Dam (73), Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Ottevanger (75), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Baltussen (52), Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anje Gortsema (75), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafje SMIT (41), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje van Herk (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player and coach († 2006)
• 1935 » Norbert Blüm, German businessman and politician
• 1937 » Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer († 1990)
• 1938 » Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1938 » Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General († 2016)
• 1938 » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense († 1995)
• 1939 » Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and educator
• 1939 » John Negroponte, English-American diplomat, 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1939 » Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager († 2015)
• 1943 » Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver († 2002)

• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
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.
• February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• March 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

The temperature on July 21, 1939 was between 11.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.