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• Kathleen Boyd, Horry County,South Carolina († 1980)
• Johannes Stijsiger († 2005)
• Edward Albert Wood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia († 2014)
• Henny van den Brink, Utrecht († 1944)
• Antonius Cornelis Adrianus Michielsen, Gilze en Rijen († 1941)
• elisabeth maria petronella (lies) pubben, helden († 1999)
• Cornelis Adrianus Henricus van der Schoot, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• "Albertine" Ottoline CHIN, Paramaribo († 2002)
• Auke PLANTINGA, Parrega (Wûnseradiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1999)
• Adella Fern Juffer, Sioux, Iowa (USA) († 2021)

• Alida Juliana van Melzen (78), Bloemendaal 156
• Cornelis Meijnsz van den Brink (70), Laren
• Adriana van der Marel (48), Schiebroek
• Mulder (0), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Nesse (55), Oosterbeek
• Aaltje Schieving (33), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Bronmans (66), Varik, Neerijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Geertruida Arnolda Erwich (55), Rotterdam
• Cornelis van den Brink (70), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Vinke (75), Heerde

• 1937 » Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
• 1938 » John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1939 » Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator († 1993)
• 1939 » Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
• 1939 » Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
• 1939 » Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist († 2014)
• 1940 » Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
• 1941 » David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens

• 1928 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
• 1937 » David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
• 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.

The temperature on September 13, 1939 was between 11.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.