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• Jacob Freke, Leiden († 2011)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 2008)
• Jacob Freke, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Henriette Coster, Eindhoven († 1942)
• Jeen Huizenga, Warfhuizen gem. Leens
• van Meijgaarden, Den haag
• Jan Oldenburger († 1994)
• Gerardus Theodrus Meijgaarden van, 's-Gravenhage († 1939)
• Elisabeth Maria Arnolda (Bets) Visser († 2015)
• Hilke Bosker († 2023)

• Aaltje PET (66), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Rebecca De Latibeaudiere (85), Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
• "Luise" Marie Emilie Pauline von Dörnberg (81), Karlsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Allemagne
• Bertha Mathilda Wattenberge (42), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Baukje Wijnja (82), Bolsward, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Aaldert Jager (0), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfred Charles Florance (89), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• aagje adriana WAARDENBURG (73), dordrecht
• Berend van Vugt (59), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie van Winkel (67), Everett, Shohomish County, Washington

• 1937 » Al Geiberger, American golfer
• 1937 » Allen Jones, English sculptor and painter
• 1937 » Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
• 1938 » Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet († 2018)
• 1939 » Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
• 1940 » Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general († 2019)
• 1941 » Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1942 » C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)

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 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• September 17 » World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• 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 September 1, 1939 was between 15.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.