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• Gerritdina Willemptje Nevenzel, Ambt Hardenberg († 2020)
• Hogenberk, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Aart Vos, Huizen († 2018)
• Borach Vissel, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Alida Wilhelmina Eskens, Utrecht († 2006)
• Adrianus (Ad) Klop, Eindhoven († 2002)
• christiaan hubertus (chris) steeghs, helden-grashoek
• Anna Wilhelmina Schellinger, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Doodgeboren Kind de Wit, Beugen en Rijkevoort († 1939)
• Engelbert Jansen, Neurhede († 1948)

• Anna Maria Swolfs (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Keijzer Keizer (37)
• Dol (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Afke Feites Boersma (79), ,, Longerhouw, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertje Jonker (49), Assendelft NH NL
• Aleida Nibbelink (68), Losser/Enschede
• Anna Pabian (86), Algoma Wi
• Gerritje Dissel (4), Utecht
• Albertus Krijn van Dodewaard (12), Tiel
• Albert Schwär (81), Eschbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• 1938 » Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
• 1938 » Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2005)
• 1938 » Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic († 2017)
• 1938 » Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala († 2019)
• 1938 » Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player († 2005)
• 1939 » Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer
• 1939 » Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer
• 1939 » Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1939 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia († 1993)

• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)

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.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

The temperature on March 31, 1939 was between 2.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.