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• Hendrientje Jacoba van Veenhuizen, Nijkerk († 2002)
• Else de Neef, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1990)
• Caecar Gerrit Roelof Eenkhoorn, Zwolle, Overijssel, NL († 2019)
• Donna Arlene Shannon, Newburyport, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Ernst J G Coché († 2005)
• Jan Schraa, Brunssum († 2001)
• Janke Buwalda († 2011)
• Grietje Dob, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• G.W. Nieboer († 2009)
• Gerardus Wieser, 's-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Alfons SEGHERS (5), Oetingen,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria Verhardt (79), Horst
• Antonius Josephus Hubertus Corbeij (42), Brunssum
• Adrianus Louwers (78), Eindhoven
• Andries Goud (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Vries (0), Apeldoorn
• Adrianus Bakker (76), Amsterdam
• Anje BUIKEMA (28)
• Adriana Hendrika Groen (79), DONIAWERSTAL (Skarsterlân), Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Reinink (0), Assen

• 1936 » Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1936 » Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz († 2020)
• 1938 » Hervé de Charette, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1938 » Terry O'Neill, English photographer († 2019)
• 1939 » Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
• 1939 » Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research
• 1940 » Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician
• 1941 » Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1942 » Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter († 2018)

• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
• 1938 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)

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.
• January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• 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 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• 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.

The temperature on July 30, 1939 was between 14.1 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 24.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.