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• Dirk van 't Padje, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Elizabeth Anne (Anna) O'Neill, Aghacolumb, Tyrone, Ireland († 2014)
• Nn Wonink, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 1939)
• John Nicholas Smit († 1984)
• Gerrit Jan Slothouber, Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika († 1940)
• Maurits Henri (Maurice) BOGAERT, Koksijde († 2005)
• Antonio Rosario Bonura, Brooklyn, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Elisabeth Catharina Maria Barendse, Poeldijk († 2010)
• Christiane Mariette Polet, Oudenaarde († 1986)
• Bertha Theresia Warrens, Amsterdam († 2007)

• Adriana Albertdina Meijer (58), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Augusta Hodes (65), Bronx, New York
• Anna Maria Vriens (41), Velsen
• Anna Maria Van Herten (81), Herten, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Kruitbosch (74)
• Annie Grimball (84)
• Aleijda Bloem (61), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Velden (70), Buren (GL)
• Arthur GINN (0), Papatoetoe, New Zealand
• Anna Heiser (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1936 » Frank Caprio, American judge
• 1936 » Robert Barnard, English author, critic, and educator († 2013)
• 1936 » Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Graham Hearne, English lawyer and businessman
• 1938 » Donald Roller Wilson, American artist
• 1938 » Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
• 1939 » Betty Everett, American singer and pianist († 2001)
• 1940 » Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1941 » Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager
• 1941 » Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer

• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)

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 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on November 23, 1939 was between -2.7 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.