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• Hilda Yahanna (Helda) van Dapperen, Palembang († 1985)
• Levenloos kind van der Velde, Roderwolde, Roden, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1939)
• Agnes Ludgardis Kinds, Wingene West-Vlaanderen België († 2021)
• Cornelis Petrus Hulst, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Louise Wilhelmina Reijmerink, 's-Graveland († 1940)
• Hubertina Johanna Jacoba Maria Wolters, Bergen(L) († 2018)
• Geessien Vos, Groningen († 2002)
• Adriaantje Elizabeth Van der Veeke, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Arie Maarten van der Veeke, Rotterdam († 2019)
• Maria (Ria) Cornelia van Gerwen († 1991)

• Adrianus Baijens, Nuland, Brabant, Nederland
• Arnolda Schouten (69), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Cornelia de Rooij (50), Tilburg, 4272, Noord Brabant, NL
• Catharina Bernardina Kathmann (80), Greenwald, Stearns County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Maria Rokx (84), Zundert
• Alfred Taylor (74), West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Aart van PROOIJEN (78), Heinenoord
• Andreas Gerardus Gronsveld (64), Delft
• Clara Mae Tanis (48), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Twisk (60), Castricum

• 1937 » Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic († 2012)
• 1937 » Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar († 2012)
• 1938 » Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player († 2001)
• 1940 » Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
• 1940 » Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1940 » Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
• 1940 » Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 2001)
• 1940 » Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
• 1941 » Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1942 » Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)

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.
• January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on October 21, 1939 was between 1.9 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.