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• Alma Paulina Elisabeth Ruempol, Rotterdam († 1992)
• Johannes Hendrikus Swinkels, Leunen, Limburg, Nederland († 1941)
• Gerdina Maria Henrica Vermeer, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Johannes J.H. Floris, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Antonetta Bep Goos, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Johanna (Joke) Adriana Maria Hellemons, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 1942)
• Frederick Jerome Brizek, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• - van der Helm, Nootdorp († 1939)
• Johannes Carolus Antonius Henricus Houthuijsen, Leidschendam († 1990)
• Elisabeth (Bets) Erkelens, Sliedrecht († 2012)

• Albertine DECORTE (31), Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Ate van der Land (35), -
• Catharina Sophia Groenewegen (42), Delft
• Antonius Van Thiel (88), Bergharen
• - van der Helm (0), Nootdorp
• Agnes Foederer (79), Geldrop
• Anne Marie Baekelans (70), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Ate Rinderts van der Land (35)
• Catharina Sophia Groenewegen (42), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kruithof (77), Heinenoord

• 1936 » Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
• 1937 » Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player († 1987)
• 1937 » David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
• 1937 » David Behrman, American composer and producer
• 1937 » Ian Deans, Canadian politician († 2016)
• 1939 » Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist
• 1939 » Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
• 1939 » Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
• 1940 » Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer

• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

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.
• February 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.

The temperature on August 16, 1939 was between 8.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.