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• Francina Johanna Reijns, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Mariette Anny BERGMANS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1940)
• Annie Verschuren, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna M.M. Roovers, Gilze en Rijen
• Claudia Ann Child, Ogden,Weber,Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Ellie de Klerk, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Celina Soares Monteiro Ferraz, Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1988)
• Gerardus Gardinus Veeke, Hoeven († 2018)
• Bertha Dormans, Hoensbroek,, Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• Joyce E Monson Cheek, Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2004)

• Andries van Groenou (58), Bussum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dekker (94), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Adriana Catharina Immaculata Zuidam (10), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Heinrich Hölscher (89), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Mary Arnold (69), Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
• Antonio Frederico Henrico Barzilaij (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Jacoba Johanna van der Toom- (82), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Charles Washington Callahan (67)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Hanhart (68), Winterswijk, Nederland
• Bernhard Heinrich H (89), Ommen

• 1935 » Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman († 2017)
• 1935 » Barbara Harris, American actress and singer († 2018)
• 1936 » Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver
• 1936 » Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic
• 1937 » Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic
• 1940 » Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author († 2013)
• 1941 » Emmett Till, American lynching victim († 1955)
• 1941 » Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter
• 1941 » Nate Thurmond, American basketball player († 2016)
• 1942 » Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1966 » Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (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. 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 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

The temperature on July 25, 1939 was between 9.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.