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• Henricus Carolus Wubben, Rijswijk († 1999)
• Arendje Maartje (Rini) Bras, dordrecht († 2017)
• Bep Haanraads, Heiloo († 2004)
• Janna Baas, Odoorn, Nederland († 1946)
• Hendrik Jan Westenberg, Zwolle († 2023)
• Ilse Müller, Unknown († 1994)
• Aarjen Jan Gerritsz Glas, Broek op Langedijk, Noord Holland († 1999)
• August Adriaan Jan Adams, Rijkevorsel (België) († 2011)
• Hendrikje Booij, Ambt Vollenhove († 1969)
• Colin Clive Riggs, Gloucester Road Parkstone Parkstone Poole († 2021)

• Bernardus Zweverink (64), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ettina Kiewiet (65), Winschoten
• Allen Monroe WOODWARD (55)
• Anna Maria Christina 'Christien' Keulemans (70), Nijmegen (GL), Nederland
• Christina Keulemans (70), Nijmegen
• Arthur Cartledge (70), Magill, South Australia
• Avelino Bueno de Souza (41)
• Alida Anna MOREL (72), Zeist
• Anna Maria Wientjes (52), Boxmeer
• Bernarda Cornelia de Jong (59), Apeldoorn

• 1936 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1973)
• 1936 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1938 » Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian († 2016)
• 1939 » Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 » George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1940 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1982)
• 1941 » Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 » Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper († 2003)

• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

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.
• January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
• March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on May 14, 1939 was between 5.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.