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• Aiso Lycklama a Nijeholt, Gersloot († 2002)
• Hendrikus Johannes Bos, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Aizo Lyklama à Nijeholt, Gersloot, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Hans Leo Buijse, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Dorothea Katzke
• Godelieve P. E. G. Spaas, Hamont (B) († 2021)
• van der Slot, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Anna Geertruida Heere, Castricum († 1943)
• Arnold Dean Dwire, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa († 2019)
• Gertruda Johanna Petronella Wilhelmina (Truus) van Heeswijk, Helmond, Noord-Brabant († 2013)

• Bernhard Heinrich Mathias Lampe (71), Haselünne, Emsland, Niedersachsen
• Anna Slijkhuis (100), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertie Dell Holland (59)
• Cornelia Johanna Morison (83), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Petronella Cleijsen (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje ten Brinke (7), Lutten a d Dedemsvaart
• Clara Lopes Cardozo (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke Modderman (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dominicus LODEWIJKX (68), Krikilan, Midden-Java, Indonesië
• Adriana Cornelia Sprang, van (72), 's Gravenhage

• 1936 » Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Troy Donahue, American actor († 2001)
• 1937 » Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1985)
• 1940 » Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940 » James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 » Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940 » Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1940 » Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist († 1981)
• 1942 » Maki Asakawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)

• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)

• 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 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.

The temperature on January 27, 1939 was between 0.4 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.