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• Antonius Gerardus Josephus Maria Verbiesen, Rosmalen, NB Netherlands († 1951)
• Duane Vernon Drenner, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2021)
• Cornelia Adriana Lievens, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2011)
• gertrudis martha ida (truus) gommans, helden-panningen
• Hendrik Gerardus Hengstmengel, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Eltje Harm Jansema, appingedam († 2021)
• Heine Bultena, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Elleke den Daas, Leiden, ZH, Nederland († 1993)
• Frederik Stolk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Aris Appel, Hoogwoud († 2015)

• Arnoldus (Bartele Nölke) NEESSEN (62)
• agnes wolters (71), helden (zandberg)
• Anna Maria van de Wouw (73), Tilburg
• Adriaan Piet Theodoor Mingelen (40), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltje Regterschot (76), Heerde
• Aaltje Regterschot (van Regteren,van Rechteren) (76)
• Agnes Wolters (71), Helden (Zandberg)
• Arie van Rosmalen (42), Raamsdonk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Houtman (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltje Gjalts Lindeboom (95), Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1936 » Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician
• 1936 » Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer
• 1937 » Shirley Eaton, English actress
• 1938 » Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician († 2013)
• 1940 » Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player
• 1940 » Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer († 2007)
• 1940 » Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer († 2013)
• 1941 » Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician († 2014)
• 1941 » Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• 1941 » Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor († 2005)

• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

The temperature on January 12, 1939 was between -0.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.