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• Abraham Frederik Muller, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Maria Lutsia Haverkort, Ambt Hardenberg († 1970)
• Catharina Kamp, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Bernardus Aloyisius Hubertus Nobbenhuis, Geesteren († 2011)
• Barbara Maria (Bep) van Esch, Thorn, Nederland († 2006)
• Charles Melbourne Austin, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Dominique Vos, 's Gravenhage († 2019)
• hendrika leonarda maria janssen, helden-grashoek
• Gerard Hendrik Bartels, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Christina Alphonsa Maria de Rijk, Amsterdam († 2022)

• Catharina Geel (63), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Roosendaal
• Anna Jacoba de BRUIN (70), Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Aline Jamis (56), Domvallier
• Aafke Willems Cancrinus (76), Makkum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Schuddebeurs (79), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Carolina Melania HEYLEN (51), Westmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Dirk Pranger (71)
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• Ede Ahlrichs (63), Nijmegen
• Aaltinus Johannes Croezen (0), Groningen

• 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)

• 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 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

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.