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• Else Blog, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Doris Antoinetta Rodenberg, Clayton County, Iowa († 1993)
• Else Blog, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Antje de Haas, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Edward Clarence Tigchelaar, canada († 1995)
• Doris May Little, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Franklin Alroy Ryan, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies († 2021)
• Benedictus Rudolf HEIMANN, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Cornelis Nieboer, Kampen († 2001)
• Bartholomeus Pius Maria Willemse, Noordwijkerhout († 2021)

• Abraham MONSTER (80), Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
• Aartje Mulder (69), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Johannes Janssen (92), Tilburg
• Adolphus Livinus Van Looy (66), Herentals, België
• Andries Kroon (65), Deventer
• Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (81)
• * Wilhelmina van Oudheusden (66), Zeist
• Anna Cornelia Gommers (92), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (81), Rome (It), Italië
• Achilles Ambrosius Damianus Ratti (81), Rome (Italië)

• 1935 » Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor († 2018)
• 1937 » Anne Anderson, Scottish physiologist and academic († 1983)
• 1937 » Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1939 » Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canada
• 1939 » Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, Angolan nationalist († 1967)
• 1940 » Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1940 » Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper
• 1941 » Michael Apted, English director and producer
• 1944 » Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1944 » Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1992)

• 1923 » Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1928 » José Sánchez del Río, Mexican martyr and saint (b. 1913)
• 1932 » Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
• 1944 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)

• 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.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.

The temperature on February 10, 1939 was between 6.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.