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• Johanna Hendrika de Jonge, Lutten († 1939)
• Douwe Jetze Baart, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1939)
• Albert Beuving, De Pollen († 1990)
• Anna Catharina Lippold, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Agnes Maria Inni Rutgers, Leeuwarden († 1998)
• Hendrik Benjamins, Hoogeveen († 1968)
• Johannes Antonius Cornelis van Houtum, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Donald Floyd Wise, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Adriana Francisca Johanna Maria van Wel († 1974)
• Agnes Adriana Hendrika Kivits, Vlijmen († 2008)

• Adriana van Geest (70), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartje BOER (83), Vlissingen,, Pays-Bas
• Albertus Koemans (62), Leiden ziekenhuis
• Hazen (75), Antwerpen (.zaterdag)
• Antonie Kermans (44), Esschen Belgie
• Antje Paulientje van Buuren (72), Hoek van Holland (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon van Gelder (62), Culemborg
• Albertje Geerts Hogenberg (64), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Bronkhorst (62), Yakima WA
• Adriana Maria Claessens (29), St. Antonius Brecht

• 1938 » István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
• 1938 » Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1938 » Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 50th Yokozuna († 2017)
• 1939 » Bobby Hart, American singer-songwriter
• 1939 » Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic († 1996)
• 1939 » Marlos Nobre, Brazilian composer
• 1940 » Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1940 » Prue Leith, English restaurateur and journalist
• 1941 » Herman Santiago, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1941 » Irma Thomas, American singer

• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)

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 5 » Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
• May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

The temperature on February 18, 1939 was between 2.5 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.