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• Louissen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Gertrud Johanna Bruns, Hassum, Goch, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1997)
• Aaltje Geurtje Van Zandwijk, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Franciscus LODEWIJKS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1989)
• Antonius Franciscus Maria Satink, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1979)
• Antje Beatrix Talma, Janum († 1944)
• Ad Hopmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Greti WESTHOF († 1956)
• Zegers († 1939)
• Eldred Justin, Michigan († 1995)

• Anna Kamp (84), Heiningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van Dijk (53), Tilburg, Nederland
• Abel Tjapke Dalmolen (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van Dijk (53), Tilburg
• Adriaan van Loo (57), Yerseke
• Adriana Slokkers (78), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Kamp (84), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje van der Meer (77), Monster
• Amy Victoria White (71), New South Wales, Australia
• Antje Smit (92), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1937 » J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet († 2012)
• 1938 » Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2015)
• 1938 » Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 1938 » Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1939 » Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1940 » Julian Bond, American academic and politician († 2015)
• 1940 » Ron Kostelnik, American football player († 1993)
• 1940 » Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer
• 1940 » Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
• 1940 » Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower

• 1926 » August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)

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.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on January 14, 1939 was between -2.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.