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• Alberta Anthonia Maria Fokker, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Belle Beulah Shmilovitch, Montreal, Canada († 1996)
• Franciscus VOS, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 1939)
• Jan Imthorn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Gert Jan SCHUTTE, Nieuwpoort,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Cornelis Martinus Jong, Schagen († 2015)
• E.W.M. Vissers († 2020)
• Charles Peter Baring († 1987)
• Aaltje Weerstand, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Charles Wayne Clute, Madisonville, Madison Co., TX († 2004)

• Antoon Joseph van Helden (52), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander Patterson (88), Clinton,Davis,Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Sandrina Gros (95), Utrecht
• Anna Cornelia Klunder (9), Houwerzijl gem. Ulrum
• Burgert Burgers (76), Ewijk
• Catharina van Borselen (86), Leiden
• Stiene, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Barteld Timmerman (77), Raalte, Ov, The Netherlands
• Benjamin Franklin GREEN (73), Machlin Saskatchewan Canada
• Abraham de Bree (76), Vlissingen

• 1936 » Harold Budd, American composer and poet
• 1937 » Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
• 1937 » Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator († 2008)
• 1938 » Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer († 2016)
• 1938 » Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1941 » Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician
• 1942 » Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager
• 1942 » Hannu Mikkola, Finnish race car driver

• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)

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.
• May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
• June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• 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.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
• December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

The temperature on May 24, 1939 was between 7.9 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.