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• Gerrit Bos, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2005)
• Hendrik (Henk) Beukinga, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2013)
• Dominique Storm van Leeuwen, 's Gravenhage († 2018)
• Harm Botter, Vriezenveen († 1989)
• Christina Alphonsa Maria de Rijk, Amsterdam († 1964)
• Greelt Abes Veenstra, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Alewein Johannes van der Houwen († 2011)
• Alfons Johann Berkenvelder, Emmerik († 1939)
• Adriana Johanna Breg, Medemblik († 1943)
• Jacobje Oosterhof, Westerbork, Nederland († 2008)

• Aaltinus Johannes Croezen (0), Groningen
• Delia S Scott (54)
• Adrianus Schuddebeurs (79)
• Clara Heumann (77), Laupheim, Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Cornelia Braber (87), stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)
• Egbert Holtslag (85), Nieuw Amsterdam
• Cornelis Albert Kolenbrander (81), Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafke Willems Cancrinus (76), Makkum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Berendina Berentsen (76), Zelhem (Bronckhorst)
• Dirk Pranger (71)

• 1938 » Charles Starkweather, American spree killer († 1959)
• 1938 » Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Willy Claes, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO
• 1940 » Eric Wilson, Canadian author and educator
• 1940 » Marshall Berman, American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer († 2013)
• 1940 » Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League
• 1941 » Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 2012)
• 1941 » Pete Best, Indian-English drummer and songwriter
• 1941 » Wayne Jackson, American trumpeter († 2016)
• 1942 » Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor

• 1920 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

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.
• February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• 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.
• December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
• December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

The temperature on November 24, 1939 was between 0.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 13.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.