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• Frederika van Delft, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Clazina van der Neut, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
• Alfons Maes, Waasmunster († 1982)
• Arie van Dijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis Johannes Adrianus Schellekens, Gilze en Rijen († 2006)
• Eddy Vandewalle, Zillebeke († 1979)
• Frederika van Delft, Leiden († 1976)
• Bertus van Ommen, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 2004)
• Jan Wicher Sakes Speerstra, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Gerritdina Hermina ten Zende, Herike, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)

• Aafje Poede (78), Echteld
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Geerts (74), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Adriana Bont (87), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ardina van der Heijden (100), Nuenen
• Arij van der Berg (90), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Vlies (88), Vlieland
• Anje Schrikkema (87), Termunterzijl
• Antje Ariedr Booij (83), Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Reinders Poede (78), Echteld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Krijt (57), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer
• 1938 » Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
• 1938 » Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman († 2015)
• 1938 » Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist († 2009)
• 1938 » Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer
• 1939 » Jason Miller, American actor and playwright († 2001)
• 1939 » John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• 1939 » Mel Carter, American singer and actor
• 1939 » Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author († 2013)
• 1939 » Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance

• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)

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.
• March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
• 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.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
• 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 April 22, 1939 was between 4.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.