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• doodgeboren kind van Gog, Tilburg, Nbr.NL. (Goirke) († 1939)
• Johannes Adrianus Kompeer, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Stupers, Vlijmen († 1939)
• Johannes Gregorius Elshof, Lierderholthuis († 1970)
• Jacob de Weerd, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Dorothy Jansma, Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa († 2013)
• Binne Jans Tjoelker, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonius Maria Adrianus van Drunen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Hugo VAN HOORENBEECK († 2011)
• Ad L.M. van Mechelen, Roosendaal († 2013)

• Anna Catharina Bruijstens(Waard) (1)
• Arie de GEUS (61), 's-Gravendeel
• Antonie Slot (63), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Back (79), Bruinisse
• Aaltje Wassink (80), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Heuts (72), Hoensbroek
• Alida Elisabeth Maria Theresia Redegeld (1), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Adriana Schets (72)
• Arie Scheen (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Willem Massen (0), Zelhem

• 1937 » Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author and academic († 1992)
• 1937 » Angelo Mosca, American-Canadian football player and wrestler
• 1938 » Oliver Reed, English actor († 1999)
• 1940 » Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
• 1941 » Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer († 2010)
• 1942 » Carol Lynley, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2016)
• 1942 » Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor († 2019)
• 1943 » Elaine Pagels, American theologian and academic

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

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. 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.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
• December 22 » Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.

The temperature on February 13, 1939 was between 2.2 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.