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• Bernardina Maria te Loo, Doesburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Annie Friskes Zondag († 2010)
• James Luke Rust, Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Marijtje Bakker, Urk († 2018)
• Abraham POORTVLIET, Biezelinge († 1945)
• Barbara Lynn Hepler, Lima, Allen, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Kruize, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1939)
• Greta Blom, 't Zand († 2021)
• Karen Kay Corbin, Cottonwood, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Elisabeth Hendrika van Kampen, Hilversum († 1979)

• Albert van der Veen (66), Nuth (Limburg)
• Aart Onderstal (81), Wageningen
• Aagje Griffioen (71), Maarssen
• Alta Levor Ferguson (50), Yellow Medicine, Minnesota
• Aart Onderstal (81), Wageningen, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina KEHRER (78), Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Grolleman (78), Zwollerkerspel (Gem. Zwolle)
• Arend Nijmeijer (82), Nijeveen
• Alphonsius Trog (74), Erondegem
• Aaltje Niewijk (83), Assen

• 1936 » Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer († 1970)
• 1937 » Ghillean Prance, English botanist and ecologist
• 1939 » Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral († 2013)
• 1940 » Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer
• 1940 » Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author († 2015)
• 1940 » Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1941 » Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter and translator († 2005)
• 1941 » Grahame Corling, Australian cricketer
• 1941 » Jacques Perrin, French actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Robert Forster, American actor and producer († 2019)

• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (b. 1870)
• 1934 » Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and academic (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and politician (b. 1887)
• 1941 » Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1946 » Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1907)

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. Aaltje
15. Trijntje
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 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
• 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 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.

The temperature on July 13, 1939 was between 6.5 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.