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• Etienne Martin Ongena, Destelbergen († 1975)
• Folkert (Frank) VAN GORKUM, Arum (Wûnseradiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1981)
• Edward Ray de Boer, Ellsworth, Nobles County, Minnesota († 2019)
• Dieuwke Riemke Reinstra, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2020)
• Gerrit Kremer, Ommen († 2016)
• Darrell Wayne Sturgess, Oklahoma († 2013)
• Jacoba Maria Hoek, Sint Maartensdijk († 2002)
• Gerardus Nicolaas Adrianus de Nijs, Castricum, Nederland († 1998)
• de Bruijn, Stabroek († 2019)
• Alida Pieternella Versteeg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2015)

• Aaltje Vos (69), Baflo
• Antje de Wit (84)
• Anna Stroomer (51), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van der Plas (93), Katwijk
• Adriaantje Stouten (66), Bruinisse (Schouwen-Duiveland) (Zeeland)
• Adriaantje Stouten (66), Bruinisse, Nederland
• Aaltien Knol (57), Wildervank
• Alfred Swan (84), Wisconsin
• Ariaantje Adriana van der Plas (93), Katwijk
• Abraham Meerding (47), Laren (NL)

• 1937 » Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer († 2007)
• 1937 » Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
• 1939 » Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
• 1939 » William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
• 1940 » Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player († 2008)
• 1940 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist († 1994)
• 1941 » Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer († 2011)
• 1941 » Harrison Page, American actor
• 1941 » János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer († 2014)

• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)

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 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• 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.
• June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on August 27, 1939 was between 11.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.