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• Arthur Damen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2019)
• Evert Eising († 1939)
• Hendrik Nico Moonen, Leiden († 1939)
• Catharina Littooij, Dordrecht († 2002)
• Geertruida Maria Elisabeth, Geels, Enter
• Adrianus Franciscus Cornelis Tetteroo, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Fennigje LÖHR († 2010)
• Helena Debora Sloog, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Hendrikus Frederikus Gerhardus Hesseling, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1980)
• Brigitte Van Walleghem, Zonnebeke († 2018)

• Adriana Hendrika van Vugt (56), Giessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Catherine Delauder (88), Araby, Frederick Co., Maryland, at the home of her son, Ira D. Ausherman
• Adriana Hendrika van Vugt (56), Giessen, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Kuiper (0), Almelo
• Abraham Moerman (64), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Scheve (84), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Schoenmakers (78), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnold Karel Hubert van Guilleaume (70), Ulm aan de Donau, Baden-Württemberg
• Abraham Moerman (64), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus de Vos (65), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1936 » Günter Blobel, Polish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1938 » Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer († 2011)
• 1939 » Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor
• 1940 » Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1941 » Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway, English photographer and politician
• 1941 » Bobby Cox, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 » Martin Carthy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 » Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1942 » David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1942 » John Konrads, Australian swimmer

• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)

• 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 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on May 21, 1939 was between 2.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.