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• Henderika Tiggelaar, Groningen († 2017)
• Ab van Delft
• Aafkie Maria Simon, Geleen († 2016)
• Vijverstra, Heerlen († 1939)
• Antonius Petrus (Toon) BEKS, Geldrop (NL/NB) († 2023)
• Cornelis Johannes de Niet († 2001)
• Annette CARPENTIER, Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 2023)
• Cornelis Schipper, Bergen op Zoom (N.Br) († 2004)
• Anna Francisca Sophia van Kalleveen, Amersfoort († 1940)
• Alphonse Malfait, Trazegnies, 6183, Courcelles, Henegouwen († 2006)

• Aaltje Sterk (87), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aantje van Steenis (100), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berendina Moddejonge (74), Almelo
• Berendina Moddejonge (74), Almelo
• Adrianus Pas (70), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Caroline Mobbs (82), Parramatta NSW Australia
• Anna Maria Prehn (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NED
• Adrianus Leermakers (82), Loon op Zand
• Andreas Wendelin "Andrew" Müller "Miller" (77)
• Anna Maria Theodore Hubertina Augustin (16), Rosmalen, 5241, Nederland

• 1936 » Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1937 » Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1938 » Jean Rochon, Canadian physician and politician
• 1938 » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author († 2005)
• 1940 » Betty Harris, American chemist
• 1940 » Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator
• 1941 » David Warner, English actor
• 1941 » Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright
• 1941 » Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician († 2007)
• 1942 » Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter

• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)

• 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.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
• September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.

The temperature on July 29, 1939 was between 13.3 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.