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• Geertruida Cornelia van Ruiten, Lisse († 2016)
• Gerard Vandeginste, Tielt († 2003)
• Evert Barends van Benthem, Ambt Vollenhove († 1996)
• Jan AMBAGTSHEER, Nederhorst den Berg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelis Johannes van Klingeren, Ede († 1948)
• Alred John Ymker, Fairview, Lincoln County, South Dakota († 2016)
• Dirkje Adriana COLIJN, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Cornelis Maria Adrianus Joannes van Beurden, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Bram Johan Coenraad Brugman, Leeuwarden FRL († 2005)
• Jenny Maddelein, Woumen († 1995)

• Abraham de Schipper (57), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Hofman (68), Oak Harbor, Island, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Beatrix Baas (34), Overschie
• Arent Hoogeveen (0), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van Tetering (74), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Speksnijder (64), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Arie Kemp (61), Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Akke Smidt (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert E. Quinke (79), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
• Adolf Heinrich Mering (65), Soemberporong, Lawang

• 1937 » Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1938 » Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
• 1938 » Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
• 1938 » Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet († 2017)
• 1939 » Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist († 2003)
• 1940 » Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
• 1941 » Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Rosalind Baker, Australian author

• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)

• 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.
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on June 16, 1939 was between 11.5 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.