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• Bartje Beekhof († 1992)
• Antoinetta Helena Hoevers, Hilversum († 1999)
• Henk Hilberts Mast, Gersloot, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Antoinetta Helena (Ann) HOEVERS, Hilversum Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1999)
• Evelena Howell Price, Marion, Bradfordsville, Kentucky, United States († 2005)
• Jacobus Willebrordus Boelens, Hengelo († 2008)
• Jozeph Adolf van Klaveren, Winterswijk,Gemeente Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• J²rgen Eldrup J²rgensen, Frederiksberg, K²benhavn († 2022)
• (l.l.) van Rossenberg, Zevenhoven († 1939)
• Johannes Jacobs Smit, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1939)

• Cornelis Adrianus Galesloot (86), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Aukje Lippes de Vries (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Hermina ten Bloemendaal (82), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Damstra (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernarda Cornelia de Jong (59), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Margaretha van der Pol (82), 's-Gravenhage
• (l.l.) van Rossenberg (0), Zevenhoven
• Antonia Seip (85), Rotterdam
• Anton J Kronabetter (23), Minnesota
• Catharina Mijnen (77), Limmen NH NL

• 1938 » Anna Cropper, British actress († 2007)
• 1938 » Buck Taylor, American actor
• 1938 » Francine Pascal, American author and playwright
• 1938 » Giuliano Amato, Italian academic and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1938 » Laurent Beaudoin, Canadian businessman
• 1939 » Harvey Keitel, American actor
• 1939 » Hildrun Claus, German long jumper
• 1939 » Peter Frenkel, German race walker and coach
• 1940 » Bruce Chatwin, English author († 1989)
• 1940 » Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Japanese runner († 1968)

• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)

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.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• 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.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on May 13, 1939 was between 6.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.