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• Arie Jan Franke († 2018)
• Dirk Nan Mulder, Wieringen († 2012)
• Adrianus Frederik Lindhout, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• jacobus antoon maria (jac) ottenheijm, helden-panningen († 1998)
• Adrianus Frederik LINDHOUT, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Efrie Krol, Drunen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Arie Kelder († 2008)
• Anthonie Wilhelm den Boer († 2011)
• Jeanette Gerarda Finken, Hoensbroek, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2010)
• Gabrielle Rachel Irma Lauwers, Hingene († 1939)

• Alida Grasman (67), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hilhorst (74), Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Agatha Maria Erkelens (81), Delft
• Aagje Mijn Van (48), s'Gravenhage den Haag South Holland Netherlands
• Antonia Terwindt (68), Gendt, Nederland
• Barbara Aldegonda Smit (62), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aafje Beunder (75), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Kartis Rasmussen (Robertson) (45), Hines, Cook County, Illinois, VS
• Arie Dolk (90), Den Haag
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• 1937 » Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City († 2007)
• 1937 » Philip Glass, American composer
• 1937 » Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
• 1937 » Suzanne Pleshette, American actress († 2008)
• 1938 » Beatrix of the Netherlands
• 1938 » James G. Watt, American lawyer and politician, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1938 » Lynn Carlin, American actress
• 1940 » Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach († 1998)
• 1940 » Stuart Margolin, American actor and director
• 1941 » Dick Gephardt, American lawyer and politician

• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (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. Aaltje
15. Trijntje
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 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• 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.

The temperature on January 31, 1939 was between -3.1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.