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• Adriana Maria van Heeswijk, Schijndel († 2020)
• CORNELIS AREND MOERMAN, SCHIPLUIDEN († 2007)
• Hendrik Louwissen, Zwinderen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Jan Lucas van Steenis († 2016)
• (Stillborn) BENES, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1939)
• James M. McInerney, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Cecile Witzel, Utrecht († 1998)
• Johan de Leeuw, Callantsoog († 1996)
• Hennie de Waard, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Bastiaan van Duijvenvoorde, Katwijk († 2017)

• Aaltje Heijndijk (54), Rotterdam
• Anje Kruizinga (45), Middelstum
• Carel Johannes Anthonius van der Toorn Vrijthoff (70), Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Albertus Dolk (78), Princenhage, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth PETERS (58), Membruggen, 3770, Riemst, Limburg, België
• Anna Stubbe (48), Moordrecht, Gemeente Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Sparrius (56), Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) BENES (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Brand (55), Staphorst
• Anna Stubbe (48), Moordrecht

• 1937 » Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland († 2000)
• 1937 » Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador
• 1937 » Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer († 2015)
• 1938 » Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor († 2020)
• 1938 » Mike Weston, English rugby player
• 1939 » Clarence Williams III, American actor
• 1939 » Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, 3rd President of Botswana
• 1939 » James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist
• 1940 » Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author († 2013)
• 1940 » Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist

• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

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. Helena

• 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 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
• 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.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on August 21, 1939 was between 15.1 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.