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• Alfons Wilhelm beckers, viersen (duitsland) († 1990)
• Alida Jacobs, Alken, België († 2023)
• Don Ameche Thompson, Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi († 2017)
• Ane Jouke Tamsma, Leeuwarden († 2003)
• Henriette de Groot, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Hans-Dieter Vormschlag, Hamm, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany († 2017)
• Ineke Schulten († 1954)
• Jan Schot, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Alida Santen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Grilis, Boxtel (NB, NLD) († 1939)

• Ariaantje Konijn (84), Zwaag, North Holland, Netherlands
• Swinkels (0), Son en Breugel
• Antje Hofland (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna VAN ROOZENDAAL (68), Teteringen
• "Leopold" Wilderich Maria Ludwig Antonius von Padua Stanislaus Kostka von Walderdorff (79), Hauzenstein, Wenzenbach, Allemagne
• Amelia THIELE (74), Gin Gin Hosp, Queensland, Australia
• Adolph Bernardus op de Woert (42), Zwolle, Nederland
• Amos Ballard Quesenberry (94), Floyd County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van den Dikkenberg (75), Utrecht
• Adam Lodewijk Koudijs (69), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
• 1937 » Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
• 1937 » Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1938 » Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1938 » David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
• 1938 » Konrad Kujau, German illustrator († 2000)
• 1939 » Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer († 2000)
• 1939 » R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter († 1994)
• 1940 » Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1941 » Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama

• 1919 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
• 1934 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1949 » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
• 1952 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)

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 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• 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 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
• August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• 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 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.

The temperature on June 27, 1939 was between 3.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.