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• Henriëtte van Oevelen, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• John Nathaniel Chapman, Ohura, Taranaki, New Zealand († 2005)
• joseph bernard (jos) gommans, helden-dorp († 2001)
• Carl John Price, Aurora-Illinois (USA) († 2003)
• Johannes Adriaan Zanoni, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albert Anne Ottens, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• franciscus ludovicus jacobus (frans) cuppen, helden († 2002)
• Maria Poulussen, Arnhem
• Gerardus M. Kuipers (Gerard) KUIPERS, Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerardus Martinus (Gerard) Kuipers, Vught († 2015)

• Aagje de Koning (74), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Albertus Groenewegen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Hendricus Maria Waltman (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Broere (78), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rosina Fabry (77), Sint-Truiden, België
• Anna PLENTER (68), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Berendina van Zoest (86), Apeldoorn
• Catharina Brandt (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eelkje Willems Nooitgedagt (70), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Plenter (68), Avereest

• 1937 » Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina
• 1938 » Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal († 2018)
• 1938 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer († 1993)
• 1938 » Zola Taylor, American singer († 2007)
• 1939 » Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1939 » Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1939 » Jim Gary, American sculptor († 2006)
• 1939 » Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
• 1940 » Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas († 2017)
• 1941 » Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician

• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)

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.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

The temperature on March 17, 1939 was between -1.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.