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• Béla Waldmann, Budapest, Hungary († 2016)
• Doren Dee Hill († 2003)
• Hans Wilhelmus Roovers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Guillaume Eligius (Guillaume) Nelis, Kerkom, België († 2015)
• Fedde Breimer, Hilversum († 2013)
• Cornelia Lena SPRONG, Alblasserdam († 2023)
• Baby Girl Knippenberg, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Arthur Alex Hoogendoorn, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Geertruida (Annie) Rexwinkel, Hummelo, Nederland († 2021)
• Alexienne Leenen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)

• Barelt Lameijer (78), Musselkanaal (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Anna Elisabeth Halsema (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice "Allie" Paulus (66), Eastside Twnshp, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van Groezen (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Offenbeek (82), Koudekerke
• Arij van Kapel (88), Zuidland
• Auguste Henriette Trümpelmann (83), Wernigerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt)
• Lokenberg, Cornelia (87), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Apollonia Keulen (57), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aagje Vogel (61), Maassluis

• 1935 » Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director († 2016)
• 1935 » Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician († 1998)
• 1935 » Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm († 2014)
• 1937 » Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer
• 1937 » Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic
• 1938 » John Corigliano, American composer and academic
• 1939 » Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge
• 1940 » Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer († 1979)
• 1941 » Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea († 2011)
• 1942 » Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach

• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)

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 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
• 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 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.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.

The temperature on February 16, 1939 was between 2.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.