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• Catharina Wilhelmina Adriana Theresia Janssen, Goirle (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2020)
• Gerrit"Gert" van Harten, Lunteren († 2013)
• Anna Alberdina Knol, Deventer († 2000)
• Jozef HAENEN, Beverst (Limburg) (B) († 2015)
• Josette Marie-Louise Anne THOMAS, Walcourt, Namur, België († 2012)
• Aart de Klerk, Rhoon († 2008)
• Anna Alberdina Knol, Deventer († 2000)
• Albert A. “Bert” Schulte († 2012)
• Donald Henry BRICKNELL († 2019)
• Ilona Marita Lorenz, Diaconissen Haus, Bremen, Germany († 2002)

• * Anna Helene Kadov (42), Arnhem
• Alphonse Jaecques (60), Bruges
• Alida Kruize (1), Vlagtwedde (Groningen)
• Albert Kloosterboer (76), Apeldoorn {GE}
• Anna Kuijper (87), Heemskerk
• "Joseph" Karl Franz Maria Johann Nepomuk von Seilern und Aspang (55), Schloss Lesná, Zlín, Tchéquie
• Anna Kuijper (87), Heemskerk
• Antje van Teyen(s) (89), Benedenknijpe, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Annigje Burggraaf (75), Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Freerks van Teyens (89), ,, Benedenknijpe, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1935 » Gail Fisher, American actress († 2000)
• 1935 » Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
• 1936 » Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
• 1937 » Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
• 1939 » Johnny Preston, American pop singer († 2011)
• 1939 » Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1939 » Robert Horton, English businessman († 2011)
• 1940 » Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
• 1940 » Gil Whitney, American journalist († 1982)
• 1943 » Martin Mull, American actor and comedian

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• March 2 » Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.

The temperature on August 18, 1939 was between 13.1 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.