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• Gerard Petrus Emile Dekkers, Gilze en Rijen († 1995)
• Cornelis ignatius maria (cor) Bont, Edam Volendam († 2003)
• Cornelis Broodman, Den Helder († 2009)
• Barend Barend, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Bastiaan Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Hendrika "Hetty" Johanna Lichtenberg, Haaksbergen († 1997)
• Dick Nederhoff († 2011)
• Donna Mae Gloede († 2018)
• Dik Piersma († 2010)
• Elisabeth Maria Bernardina Helena Teurlings, Tilburg († 2017)

• Antje van Til (90), Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Booden (66), Utrecht
• Antje van Til (90), Ten Boer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje VAN (DER) TIL (90), Ten Boer, Province Of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Antje Sjoerds Kooi (66), Suawoude, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alberta Abels (47), Sint Hubert
• Abraham Dekens (55), Wildervank
• Antonius Mutsaers (82), Heel &, Panheel
• Adèle Van Roye (71)
• Adriana Wesenbeek (79), Den-Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1938 » Dave Budd, American basketball player
• 1938 » David Dimbleby, English journalist
• 1938 » Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
• 1938 » Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
• 1938 » Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach
• 1938 » Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
• 1939 » Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
• 1939 » Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1939 » Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
• 1939 » Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer

• 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)

• 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 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on October 28, 1939 was between 3.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain during 16.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.