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• Cor Hoevenaar, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Doodgeboren kind van Boxtel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Clyde Warren Van Iwaarden, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Col., VS († 2001)
• André Jean Lapré, Batavia / Jakarta, West-Java (Nederlands Indië / Indonesië) († 1962)
• Clara Moes, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Earlynn Insley, Winslow (Navajo County) (Arizona) († 2015)
• Hendrik Lasker, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2009)
• Hermina Geertruida Buitenkamp, Zwolle († 2015)
• Gerritdina Maria Schoorlemmer, Heeten (Raalte) († 2020)
• van den Vlekkert, Gorssel (GL) († 1939)

• Anne Marie Françoise Caijaux (82), Utrecht
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Hoedemaker (57), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Maria SILLEKENS (80), Roggel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Dons (80), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Adriaan Jobsen (26), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Alfred Blevins Barber (78), Rutherford County, Tennessee
• Aagtje Willemijntje van DAM Adr (61), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Trox (65), Königsberg, Preuszen
• Adriana Christina Bouwheer (67), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ane Magdalene Carlsen (83), Haastrup, Smidstrup Sogn, Vejle amt

• 1935 » A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
• 1935 » Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1936 » Michael White, Scottish actor and producer († 2016)
• 1937 » Francis George, American cardinal († 2015)
• 1937 » Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver († 2011)
• 1938 » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 1939 » Ralph Gibson, American photographer
• 1941 » Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1942 » Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager († 2016)

• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)

• 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 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.

The temperature on January 16, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.