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• Aaltje jellema, Hardegarijp († 2021)
• Gerardus Henricus Manders, Deurne († 1941)
• Jacob_Cornelis_Maria Kager, Alkmaar († 2003)
• Levenloos den Boer, Elkerzee, Nederland († 1939)
• Marc Wiersma, Het Bildt († 2015)
• Jerome Allen Stob († 1997)
• Gilbert Leo Denoo, Lichtervelde († 1996)
• Lucille Marie Heyes, Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2015)
• Johanna Maria Margaretha Hoogeveen, Noordwijk († 2014)
• Jacobus Cornelis Maria (Jaap) KAGER, Alkmaar, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Aart de Jong (85), Ammerstol
• Aleida ter Beek (69), Steenwijkerwold, Gelderingen
• Anna Maria Vosbeek (90), Afferden
• Anne Carter Wickham (87), Swarthmore, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Wilhelmina van Hulst (75), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Mast (77), Holland, Ottawa Co, Michigan
• Albertus Bosman (65), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hummeling (83), Haarlem,Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Andries van Agt (79), Olland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Josina Walters (56), Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa

• 1937 » Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist († 2001)
• 1938 » Bob Webster, American diver
• 1939 » Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer († 1972)
• 1939 » Nikolay Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1939 » Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1939 » Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan
• 1939 » Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1940 » Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach
• 1940 » Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor († 2013)

• 1921 » Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)
• 1924 » Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1854)
• 1941 » Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1945 » Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (b. 1943)
• 1957 » Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)

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.
• January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• March 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• 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 October 25, 1939 was between -0.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.