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• Hendrika Pekel, Havelte († 1944)
• Harold Trepton, Hammond, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Bernardus Nijhuis, Wageningen († 1980)
• Andries Theodorus de Jong, Alphen aan de Rijn († 2002)
• Hendricus Cornelis van der Heijden, Oterleek, Schermer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Hermann Jänen, Altenberge, Haren (Ems) († 2008)
• Albert Drenth, Gasselternijveenschemond († 2023)
• Charles Vernon Jackson, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Cornelis Hubertus van der Heijden, Oterleek, Schermer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Anita van Berkel, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• Atze Feddes Zandstra (70), Drachten
• arie VOS (80), strijen
• Alphonsus Henricus Hubertus Pans (63), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus Rohof (83)
• Adrianus van Kampen (75), De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout
• AEbeltje Visser (78), Hennaarderadeel, Zuidwest-Friesland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Rohof (83)
• Adelheid Rütten (62), Appeldorn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Alexander Macisaac (67), Antigonish, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Anna Catharina Dorrepaal (66), Haarlem

• 1937 » Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 » James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1937 » Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1938 » Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1940 » James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 » Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 » Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver († 1992)
• 1941 » Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
• 1942 » Erica Jong, American novelist and poet

• 1926 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1934 » John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
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.
• May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on March 26, 1939 was between 0.7 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.