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• Johanna Adriana Hoogenboom, Hilligersberg († 1940)
• Grace May KEEP, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2022)
• Hovestad, Utrecht († 1939)
• Hendrik Lambertus X Lemmen, Hengelo († 2001)
• Hugo Merlevede († 2014)
• Beatrix van der Waals, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Levenloos geboren Hovestad, Utrecht
• Christiaan Lodewijk (Kik) BOEKHOFF, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Emma Verkaik, Nederhorst den Berg († 2006)
• Herman Dijkhuis († 1991)

• Camillus Carolus Nachtegael (85), Belsele
• Alfredus Bossuyt (73), Waregem (BE)
• Adrianus Bol (86), Wassenaar
• Antonetta Maria WIERCKX (67), Bergen Op Zoom (Nl)
• Amelia Mary "Doll" COLWELL (60), Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
• Alexandrine Maria Karnice van Karnicka (68), Wroclaw (Breslau), Neder-Silezië, Polen
• Anne Marie Hubertine Bischoff (78), Vaals
• Albert van Pel (30), Velsen
• Antonius Johannes Petrus Roggekamp (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Dekker (80), Sliedrecht

• 1937 » Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer († 2015)
• 1938 » Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 » Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Cliff Watson, English rugby league player († 2018)
• 1940 » Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Claudine Auger, French model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
• 1942 » Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 1942 » Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic († 2014)

• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)

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.
• March 2 » Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on April 26, 1939 was between -0.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.