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• Dirk Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Hiltje Jacobs Kooistra († 1995)
• van de Graaf, Nijmegen († 1939)
• Carl Steven Zelinsky, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Jacob Pieter Pool († 1957)
• Arie Cornelis de Koning, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Catharina C. Elst, Beverwijk, Nederland († 1962)
• Betty Forgeur, Brussel († 1982)
• Hendrika (Riek) Doppenberg († 2006)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Mutsaers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2014)

• Alexander Johannes van Bemmel (78), Delft
• Antonius van der Boom (71), Gilze en Rijen
• Antoon Hendericus (Hendrik) Siepe (66), Horsten, Musselkanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anje BOLHUIS (49), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Angelina Geerts (99), Olen, België
• Antonius van de Boom (71), Gilze-Rijen, Nederland
• Adriaan Dingeman WITKAMP (61), Wassenaar
• Alberdina Bruins Slot (11), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alexander Johannis van Bemmel (78), Delft
• Adrianus Stolk (82), IJsselmonde Z.H

• 1936 » Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter († 2008)
• 1937 » Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
• 1938 » Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
• 1938 » Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian race car driver
• 1938 » Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1999)
• 1939 » D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer († 2019)
• 1939 » Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist († 1995)
• 1941 » Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
• 1942 » Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2018)
• 1942 » Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter

• 1927 » Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b.1845)
• 1942 » William Carr, American rower (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1956 » Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1958 » Tom Brown, American trombonist (b. 1888)

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.
• January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.

The temperature on March 25, 1939 was between -0.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.