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• Achille Jozef Arnold CROES, Alken, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2019)
• Gerhardus Bernardus Bosklopper, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Herman Willem (Dick) Overbosch, Soerabaja (N-I) († 2005)
• Gozewinus Wilhelmus Nicolaas van der Rijken, Waspik († 1954)
• Cornelis Lambertus van de Wijdeven († 2006)
• Anna Maria van Wanrooij, Oosterhout († 1942)
• Johanna Maria van Kleef, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Annie Phennings, Sittard († 2010)
• Imre Erdödy de Monyorokerek-Monoszlo († 2009)
• Jan Mathijs Briels, Weert, Limburg, Nederland († 1996)

• Antonie van Lith (85), Beverwijk
• Anna Bell (Effa) Maitlen (66), Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States
• Anna Cruse (90), Hengelo
• Antje Jacobdr de Boer (58), Broek op Langedijk (NHO), Nederland
• Abraham Pieter Arnoldus (24), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A Chisolm (50)
• Apolonia (Apolina) van Beusekom (82), Heemstede, NH, The Netherlands
• (78), Varendonk
• Adriana Johanna van Bruggen (82), Roermond
• Albert Reinders (68), Avereest

• 1937 » Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 1938 » Diane Varsi, American actress († 1992)
• 1938 » Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist († 2019)
• 1940 » Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1940 » Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1941 » Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 » Bobby Mitchell, American golfer († 2018)
• 1943 » Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1944 » Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator

• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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.
• August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
• 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.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• 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 23, 1939 was between 0.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.