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• Folkerdina Pruim († 2017)
• Geert Luijkx, Wouw († 2000)
• Hendrik van der Weide, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrika Berendina Antonia Rensing, Lichtenvoorde († 1940)
• Cornelis Bernulphus Gerardus Tijm, Warmenhuizen,1749,Schagen,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Herman W.A.J.J. Hermsen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2014)
• Jarig Feenstra († 2010)
• Edward Vertommen, Florida (USA) († 1986)
• Jarig Feenstra († 2010)
• Franciscus Albertus Maria van der Valk, Naaldwijk († 2006)

• Abraham de Haan (32), Groningen
• Anthonie Damen (78), Terheijden
• Amelia Adeline French (87), Tasmania, Australia
• Arend Jan van Voorst (71), Epe
• Catheryn Irene Buckler (42), Benton Harbor (Berrien), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Geerdink (71), Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Pieters Beimers (61), Sexbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van der Wielen (43), Appelscha, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Porck (46), Velsen
• Antonia van Os (54), VARIK (West-Betuwe), GD, NL

• 1937 » Anna Dawson, English actress and singer
• 1937 » Don Galloway, American actor († 2009)
• 1937 » Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer († 1990)
• 1938 » Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons († 2008)
• 1939 » Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet and academic
• 1939 » Paulo Silvino, Brazilian comedian, composer and actor († 2017)
• 1939 » William Eggleston, American photographer and academic
• 1940 » Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer († 2009)
• 1941 » Christian Boesch, Austrian opera singer
• 1941 » Johannes Fritsch, German viola player and composer († 2010)

• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1946 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1948 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
• 1951 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)

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 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• 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.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• 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 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

The temperature on July 27, 1939 was between 11.4 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.