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• Gordon Fay Grissom, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States († 2014)
• Henricus Godefridus Bakker, Helenaveen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Harnke Sjouke VOOS, Zuurdijk Groningen Netherlands († 1940)
• Arie Blankestijn, Baarn († 2015)
• Andries Theodorus de Jong, Alphen aan de Rijn († 2002)
• Hendrika Pekel, Havelte († 1944)
• Adriana Johanna Hoebe, Den Helder
• Jac Polak, Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 2006)
• Cornelis Hubertus van der Heijden, Oterleek († 2015)
• Gerrit Nijkamp, Geesteren († 2023)

• Antonius van der Heijden (75), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria Verhulst, Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Cartharina Dorrepaal (66), Haarlem
• Berend Jan Valkman (80), Gramsbergen
• Adrianus Hendrikus Janssen (62), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• arie VOS (80), strijen
• Aäron Sarfatij (51), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Alphonsus Henricus Hubertus Pans (63), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alois Joseph Hubert SIMONS (0), REMERSDAEL
• Anna Maria Kuijpers (67), Oisterwijk, Nederland

• 1937 » Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 » James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1937 » Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1938 » Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1940 » James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 » Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 » Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver († 1992)
• 1941 » Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
• 1942 » Erica Jong, American novelist and poet

• 1926 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1934 » John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)

• 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.
• March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.

The temperature on March 26, 1939 was between 0.7 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.