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• Egbert Pelinck, Norg († 2019)
• Antoinne Hubert Gerard Marie Coehorst, Venlo († 2016)
• Jan Hoiting, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerrit Cornelis Wulffraat, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Evert de Buijzer, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Anna Marie Therese Paula NICOLAI, Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2018)
• Johan van Eijk († 2008)
• Egbert Pelinck, Norg († 2019)
• Antoon de Beer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Donald Meeks († 1990)

• Aaltje Timmermans (69), Hengelo
• Aantje Burggraaf (76), Schoonrewoerd / Vijfheerenlanden Utrecht Nederland
• Annie Louisa Wiegard (74)
• Arend Roskam (88), Hellevoetsluis
• Arij Rietdijk (83), Oostvoorne
• Arij Rietdijk (84), Oostvoorne, 3233, Nederland
• Adrianus Soeters (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Roskam (88), Vierpolders, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiana Hendrika van den Heuvel (46), Tienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Bax (78)

• 1937 » John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life († 2020)
• 1938 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1938 » Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1938 » Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author († 2013)
• 1939 » Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter
• 1939 » Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Ray Sadecki, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1941 » Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)

• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)

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 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• March 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

The temperature on December 26, 1939 was between -1.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.