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• Leonadus Johannes Wevers, Bredevoort, Nederland († 2015)
• Bert Dirne, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Bertha Cornelia M. (Betty) Lam († 1993)
• -levenloos- kind(1) van Gerhardus Antonius (*1895) Harink, Raalte († 1939)
• Hermann Joseph Benger, Verberg, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 2009)
• Gert Kroese († 1959)
• Albert Seinen, ommen († 1939)
• Adriaan Hendrik (Aad) van der Heijden, Den Haag, Nederland († 2007)
• Jan van Ekelenburg, Rotterdam († 1959)
• Emille Cornelis Theodorus (Emile\Miel) HEERINGS, Veldhoven (NL/NB) Lived Maastricht (NL/LI) († 2014)

• Adrianus Hulst (65), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Davidse (77), Domburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria van Rossum (48), Utrecht
• Baukje Egberts Oosterhuis (73), Westlaren, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikx (76), Eindhoven
• Annigje van Trooijen (80), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Meertens (86), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Limbourg (77), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Pietronella van Vliet (74), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Adriana Davidse (77), Domburg, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1936 » Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management († 2009)
• 1937 » Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer († 2019)
• 1937 » Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
• 1938 » David Canary, American actor († 2015)
• 1938 » Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
• 1939 » John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
• 1940 » Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor († 2004)
• 1941 » Ludwig Müller, German footballer
• 1941 » Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
• 1941 » Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)

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.
• January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
• October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

The temperature on August 25, 1939 was between 15.8 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.