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• Betty Lois van Dyke, Midland Park, Franklin Township, Bergen, New Jersey, United States († 2023)
• Angenette Florence Duhoux, Weltevreden, Java, Indonesië († 2011)
• Henricus Carolus Wubben, Rijswijk († 1999)
• Jan Clabbers († 2012)
• Eduard van Bergem († 2003)
• Baukje Lautenbach, Tzummarum (Tsjummearum) († 1945)
• Hendrik Jan Westenberg, Zwolle († 2023)
• Christina Petronella Maria Graat († 1996)
• Arendje Maartje (Rini) Bras, dordrecht († 2017)
• Fredericus Aloysius Marneef, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2019)

• Anna Catharina Egberdina Wittenaar (68), Groningen
• Bernarda Cornelia de Jong (59), Apeldoorn
• Berthold Gustav K≈±nzel (22), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Bernardus Zweverink (64), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bregtje Kort (85), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Alida Anna MOREL (72), Zeist
• Alida Nieboer (76), Wildervank
• Charles Julius Simeon Bradshaw (70), Coopers Hill, Portland, Jamaica, Caribbean
• Artemus Candaele (66)
• Aaltje Pander (0), Harkema Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1936 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1973)
• 1936 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1938 » Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian († 2016)
• 1939 » Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 » George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1940 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1982)
• 1941 » Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper († 2003)

• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
• 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.
• April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
• May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

The temperature on May 14, 1939 was between 5.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.