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• Herman Schuurhuis († 2004)
• Jan Sanders († 2003)
• Dirk Jerphanion, Den Haag († 1940)
• Hendrik Jan Lubbers († 1968)
• Harmpje van Ommen, Apeldoorn († 1939)
• Etienne Meganck, Ronsele, België († 1982)
• Harry Leslie Smith († 1969)
• Augusta SEGERS, Antwerpen,2000,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2011)
• Dolf Buur, Bogor (In), Indonesië († 1991)
• Ari Henri in 't Hol, Soerakarta, Indonesie († 1969)

• Anthonie Jooren (67), Made en Drimmelen
• Arlinda Alves Pereira (65), Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Alida Veldhuizen (81), Houten
• Adriana Dominica Snoeren (41), Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Smilde (84), De Wijk
• Annigje Wind (92), Lemsterland
• Alberdina Apolonia Cornelia Beverloo (58), Amersfoort
• Anthonia Henrietta Aalders (53), Dordrecht
• Anna Maria Gilissen (87), Kerniel, België
• Antonius Johannes HOGENES (51), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Alan Bates, English actor († 2003)
• 1934 » Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, and author
• 1935 » Christina Pickles, English-American actress
• 1936 » Jim Brown, American football player and actor
• 1937 » Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 († 2014)
• 1940 » Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1941 » Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
• 1942 » Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party († 1989)
• 1944 » Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Soft Machine)

• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)

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.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• 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.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on February 17, 1939 was between -1.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.