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• Hans George Paul Maria Vayssier, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Hendrik Matheus Wolters, Oirsbeek, LI Netherlands († 1945)
• Gerardus Clemens MOLENAAR, Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Hendrik Tienkamp, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Albert Kleinlugtebeld († 2020)
• Harrie Heijnen, Heer,, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Frans Jan KORPEL, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Barbara Janel Mollenbeck, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 2001)
• Albertine Jacoba Dokkum, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Cornelis Hubertus Maria Koek, Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Anna Isabella Braeckmans (87), Roosendaal
• Poker (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Hillmann (76), (NB) Dongen
• Anna Engelina Jonk (0), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Thijsens (83), Klein-Gelmen, België
• Anna Isabella Christina Braeckmans (87), Roosendaal en Nispen, Nederland
• Anna Aleijd Bollmer (80)
• Antonia Claasdr van der Lugt (62), Vlaardingen
• Alphonsus Rosa Van Uytven (0), Geel, België
• Aaltien Schoemaker (84), Assen 31

• 1934 » Branko Miljković, Serbian poet and academic († 1961)
• 1936 » Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Indian poet and songwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Bobby Scott, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1990)
• 1937 » Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st Vice President of Iran († 2013)
• 1939 » Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
• 1940 » Katharine Ross, American actress and author
• 1940 » Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
• 1941 » Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author
• 1943 » Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2014)
• 1943 » Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host

• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)

• 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.
• February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.

The temperature on January 29, 1939 was between -0.8 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.