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• George Peever, unbekannt († 1939)
• Alida Adriana Wilhelmina Prenger, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2006)
• Adrianus Josephus Gerardus Boelen, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Angèle A. C. Missotten, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 2009)
• Dienie Verdriet
• Heinrich Föcker († 2008)
• Hendrikus Wilhelmus Jacobus de Waij, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Adriana Jacobaa Maria (Jeanne) Duijvestijn, Den Haag, Nederland († 2024)
• bernardus adrianus antonius van rooijen, utrecht († 1943)
• Ad Pernot († 2007)

• Adriana Mans (83)
• Anne Rademaker (83), Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Anna Tummers (70), Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Molenaar (60), Velsen
• v Hendrika Maria de Vries (56), Tilburg
• Anna Catharina Broes (83), Nijlen, België
• Adriana Petronella Dimphena Maria Zoontjens (2), Baarle-Nassau
• Anne Virginie CHAUMAISON (86), Reterre (23-Creuse), France
• Antje HENDRIKS (68), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Alleen Oreilly (53), Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten

• 1935 » Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1936 » Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor († 2017)
• 1937 » Craig Breedlove, American race car driver
• 1937 » Robert Gallo, American physician and academic
• 1937 » Tony Burton, American actor, comedian, boxer and football player († 2016)
• 1938 » Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician († 1994)
• 1942 » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist († 1980)
• 1943 » Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker († 2012)

• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)

• 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 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on March 23, 1939 was between -0.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.