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• Jacques Roberfroid, Ciney, Namur, Wallonie († 2015)
• Harry Passenheim, Koningsberg († 2001)
• Anna Judica Hendrika Mulder, Wageningen, Nederland († 2020)
• Dini Kleijn († 2010)
• Beverly Kay Weichers, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Ìowa († 2020)
• Hendrik Hubert Maria van den Beuken († 2021)
• Frederik van de Hel, Lieren († 2016)
• Heepke Corrie Meijles, Sneek († 2013)
• Elisabeth Tietje Spijksma, Hoorn († 1966)
• Gijsbertus Petrus Johannes van den Brand, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)

• Bernardus van den Bergh (54), Aalsmeer
• Alexander Hatt Ironside ** (69), Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Bernard Heinrich Menke (68), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Maria Vissers (62), Driel
• ANNA MARIA PYL (40), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Alida Katz (88), Arnhem
• Carolus Adrianus Kuijpers (97), Roosendaal
• Andries Zandstra (90), Losser, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Catharina Johanna Grada Moorkamp (39), Oldemarkt
• Antonia Petronella Kroes (51), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1936 » David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
• 1936 » Jill Ireland, English actress († 1990)
• 1937 » Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer († 2001)
• 1940 » Sue Grafton, American author († 2017)
• 1941 » John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer
• 1941 » Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2010)
• 1942 » Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer
• 1942 » Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
• 1943 » Gordon West, English footballer († 2012)
• 1943 » Richard Sterban, American country & gospel bass singer

• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)

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 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• 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 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

The temperature on April 24, 1939 was between 6.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.