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• (Stillborn) OOSTERHUIS, Toornwerd (Middelstum) Groningen Netherlands († 1939)
• Bertha Carolina de Bruin, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Berend Brouwer, Nieuwleusen († 2021)
• Gerda Maria van den Boogaard, Uden († 1941)
• Albertha van der Molen, Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Alida VAN DEN BERG († 1989)
• Jacomine Hermina Verweij, Ewijk,Gelderland,Nederland († 2020)
• Geert Grevink, Emmer-Compascuüm Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2003)
• Gerhardus Johannes Beijen, Hengelo († 2011)
• David Visser, Amsterdam († 1942)

• Anna Elisabeth Fabel (64), Haarlem Pleiadenstraat 112
• (Stillborn) OOSTERHUIS (0), Toornwerd (Middelstum) Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Kivits (85), Vlijmen
• Anje (Rosie) BORGMAN (79), Maywood Cook County Illinois U.S.A
• Adriana Louisa Messink (77), Noordwijk
• Aalbert Versteeg (84), Roterdam
• * Adriana Kivits (85), Vlijmen
• Anna Geertruida Rigters (88), Schiedam
• Anna Geertruida Hendrica Rigters (88), Schiedam
• Anna Geertruida Hendrica Rigters (88), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1936 » Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach
• 1936 » Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author
• 1937 » Barbara Babcock, American actress
• 1938 » Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist († 2002)
• 1939 » Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1939 » Peter Revson, American race car driver († 1974)
• 1940 » Bill Hunter, Australian actor († 2011)
• 1940 » Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 1940 » Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1941 » Paddy Ashdown, British captain and politician († 2018)

• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

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.
• February 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting 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 27, 1939 was between 0.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.