About the day » Saturday July 22, 1939Calender converter

• Christina Maria Aardenburg, Velsen († 1940)
• Albertus Adrianus van der Kaaij, Den Helder († 2006)
• Francis Joanne Borger, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 2008)
• JOHAN MOERMAN, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 2019)
• Freddie Westenberg, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gonnie Looman, Oss († 1999)
• Haye Mintjes, Oldemarkt († 2016)
• Anna Theresia Overbeek, Hoorn, Nederland († 2009)
• Doortje Janssen († 1987)
• Gerardus Bernardus DROSTE, Mander, Overijssel, Nederland († 2023)

• Clasina van Geenen (79), Rotterdam
• Anna Ebben (68), Doetinchem
• Antje (Anne) ten Kate (53), IJlst
• Abraham Tuinstra (39), Wagenborgen, gem. Termunten, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Poot (61), Rotterdam
• Adolf Hendrik Weerts (17), Brunssum, Nederland
• Albertus van Maanen (71), Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Huiting (Hoiting) (82), Gaarkeuken
• Bertha Caroline WOITH (76), Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria van PEER (81), 's-Hertogenbosch,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1937 » Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter
• 1937 » John Price, English cricketer
• 1937 » Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer († 2011)
• 1937 » Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager († 1999)
• 1938 » Terence Stamp, English actor
• 1940 » Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer
• 1940 » Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic
• 1941 » Estelle Bennett, American singer († 2009)
• 1941 » George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator († 1975)

• 1932 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1932 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).

The temperature on July 22, 1939 was between 13.7 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.