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• Johanna Adriana (Hanneke) Man de, Dordrecht, ZH, Nederland († 2019)
• Cornelis Henricus Theodorus Lek, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 2012)
• Maria Anselma Kaandorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Donald Louis Matuszak († 1946)
• Maria Jacoba Wilhelmina van de Sanden, Loon op Zand († 1998)
• Greta Petronella van der Pot, ' s Gravenhage († 2014)
• Jan van der Kooi, Middelstum († 2001)
• Claudia Ann Child, Ogden,Weber,Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Jaak Thaens, Gerdingen († 2007)
• Erna Marianne Hillegonda Haverkamp († 2014)

• Bernard Heinrich Hölscher (89), Emmen
• Catharina Margaretha Bernhard (81), Haarlem
• Bernard Heinrich Hölscher (90), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Hanhart (68), Winterswijk
• Christoffel van der Puil (36), Utrecht
• Barendina Jacoba Johanna Toom van der (82), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Barendina Jacoba Johanna van der Toom- (82), Amsterdam, Nederland
• antonius joseph schoren (20), tegelen
• Caroline Nowinski (76), Muschaken
• Aaltje Wolf (65)

• 1935 » Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman († 2017)
• 1935 » Barbara Harris, American actress and singer († 2018)
• 1936 » Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver
• 1936 » Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic
• 1937 » Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic
• 1940 » Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author († 2013)
• 1941 » Emmett Till, American lynching victim († 1955)
• 1941 » Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter
• 1941 » Nate Thurmond, American basketball player († 2016)
• 1942 » Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1966 » Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)

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.
• March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• December 22 » Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.

The temperature on July 25, 1939 was between 9.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.