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• Gerardina Paulina Alsemgeest, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 2015)
• Jannes Moes, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Casiano Pana Pineda, Manila, Manila, Philippines († 2008)
• Alexander VRACHTDOENDER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• hendrik roelof (henk-roel) schraa, zwartsluis († 1999)
• Geneva Ann Vink, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2005)
• Eleanor Klop, Grand Haven Ottawa Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Herman van Keeken, Baarn († 1995)
• Doroth Joan Spencer († 2020)
• Blanch Paijens († 1944)

• Alice Louise Edwards (74), Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa
• Anna Ens (47), Capasin, SK, Canada
• Annie M. Pine (44), Everett Hospital, Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Franklin Hawk (72), West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Cathalina Jacoba Leendertse (21), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ann Murphy (84), Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• "Ernst August" Max Walter Antonius von Kesselstatt (34), Wien, Autriche
• Agnes Ellen BROUGH (63)
• Anna Laura Steffens van Drimborn (87), Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Alexander Stuart Campbell (39)

• 1936 » Rita Shane, American soprano and educator († 2014)
• 1938 » Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author († 1985)
• 1938 » Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
• 1938 » Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist († 2014)
• 1938 » Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge
• 1938 » Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)
• 1940 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1941 » Don Rich, American country musician († 1974)
• 1941 » Jim Brothers, American sculptor († 2013)
• 1942 » Pete York, English rock drummer

• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (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. 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 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
• November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• 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 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on August 15, 1939 was between 7.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.