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• Annie Phennings, Sittard († 2010)
• Johannes Jacobus Wissekerke, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1939)
• Jetske Stienstra, Sint Jacobaparochie, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Guido de VOCHT, Lint († 2002)
• Andries Behr, Groningen († 1943)
• Johanna Maria van Kleef, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1941)
• Irene (Reen) Hallegraeff, Bandoeng, West-Java († 2016)
• Imre Erdödy de Monyorokerek-Monoszlo († 2009)
• Gozewinus Wilhelmus Nicolaas van der Rijken, Waspik († 1954)
• Francis Marie Pairgin, Bristol, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1973)

• Adolf Ernest Breton van Groll (65), Soerabaja
• Anna Meijering (75), Soest
• Apolonia (Apolina) van Beusekom (82), Heemstede, NH, The Netherlands
• Ada Pauline Aird (65), Chigwell, Hanover, Jamaica
• Annechien de Vries (55), Sappemeer, Nederland
• Annechien de Vries (55), Sappemeer
• Anna Elisabeth BAS (73), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Maria Cecilia Vleugels (40), Voerendaal
• Anna Gertrudis Smeets (89), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Meiling (75), Soest, Utrecht, The Netherlands

• 1937 » Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 1938 » Diane Varsi, American actress († 1992)
• 1938 » Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist († 2019)
• 1940 » Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1940 » Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1941 » Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 » Bobby Mitchell, American golfer († 2018)
• 1943 » Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator

• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)

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.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• 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.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.

The temperature on February 23, 1939 was between 0.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.