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• Anna Wilhelmina Josephina ten Asbroek, Haaksbergen († 2018)
• Derek Peter HOFMEYR, Krugersdorp († 1977)
• Jean DINSART († 2020)
• Jan Peter baron van der Feltz, Batavia († 1940)
• Jacob van der Stok, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Bernard Charles Hes, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1939)
• Francisca Petronella Gerarda Steenbekkers, Schijndel († 1992)
• Hendrik Schalk Visser, Piketberg († 1939)
• Anna Wilhelmina Josephina ten Asbroek, Haaksbergen († 2018)
• Elisabeth Dina Catharina de Brabander, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Adriana van Gils (75), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharine Hake (79), Missouri
• Andre, Maurits De Waele (0), Ursel
• Aleida Maria van Os (41)
• van Doorn (0), Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Alida Johanna Hunck (22), Leiden
• Albertus Willem Kreeftmeijer (92), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andriesje van der Draai (58), Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Helena Rode (67), Leiden
• Annigje Snellenberg (80), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1936 » Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect († 1988)
• 1936 » Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
• 1937 » Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer and pianist
• 1937 » Egon Krenz, German politician
• 1938 » Joe Kapp, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1942 » Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author († 2014)
• 1943 » Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy
• 1943 » Vern Schuppan, Australian race car driver

• 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1949 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)
• 1949 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
• 1950 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (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. 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 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

The temperature on March 19, 1939 was between -1.6 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.