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• Hubertus Antonius Kerssens, Limmen († 1939)
• Adriaan Saak, Onstwedde († 1975)
• Edo Arthur van der Velde, ·Äòs Gravenhage († 2012)
• Albertje Jonker, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Eeuwe Fokkens, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Aldert Fedde de Vries, Roden († 1940)
• Jan Ribberink († 2018)
• Cornelis Adrianus Gerardus van Eekelen, Roosendaal, Nederland († 1965)
• Jacoba van der Does, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Jean-Pierre Derwael, Borgloon, België († 2022)

• Adriana Wesdorp (69), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Christiaan Leonardus Engelkamp (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Christina Hendrika Helsloot (84), Ouder-Amstel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Candida de Oliveira (79), Gaspar, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Adriana Antonia Suijkerbuijk (24), Ginneken en Bavel
• Alfons Everaert (81), Grembergen
• Anna Francina Weber (52), Rotterdam
• Christina, Hendrika Helsloot (84), Ouder Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Middel (55), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Charles Snauwaert (75), Zwevezele, België

• 1938 » Craig Anderson, American baseball player and coach
• 1938 » Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian flute player and composer
• 1939 » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer († 2008)
• 1939 » Karen Black, American actress († 2013)
• 1940 » Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author († 1987)
• 1940 » Craig Brown, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1940 » Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician
• 1941 » Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1941 » Myron Scholes, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Rod Gilbert, Canadian-American ice hockey player

• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
• 1948 » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (b. 1922)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
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.
• February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• September 3 » World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

The temperature on July 1, 1939 was between 9.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.