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• Johanna Christina Maria Albers, Wageningen († 2009)
• Hermina Gezina Dalendoord, Enschede († 2012)
• John J. G. Tielen, Arnhem Nederland († 1980)
• Aaldert Jager, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Nicolaas van Veen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Augustinus Petrus Gerardus van Lieshout, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Martinus Schot, Rotterdam († 2021)
• Luiz Antonio de Arruda Camargo, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 2016)
• Maria Gertruda Josephina Jans Beken, Venray, Li.NL († 1940)
• Elisabeth Reijnen, Son en Breugel († 2024)

• Clayton John SCHAVER (11)
• Arnold Scholten (71), 's Gravenhage
• Adriana Johanna van Dalen (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Hubertus Stevens (74), Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Commerina Sija van der Pauwert (79), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Christina Maria Kram (36), Breda
• Arie HOOGKAMER (74), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Idses Sipma (88), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wolf (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van HEEREN (56), Dordrecht

• 1937 » James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey
• 1938 » Angela Huth, English journalist and author
• 1938 » Christian Müller, German footballer and manager
• 1938 » Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
• 1938 » Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1939 » Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2020)
• 1939 » Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter
• 1940 » Gary Gabelich, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1940 » James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary († 2014)
• 1941 » Robin Leach, English journalist and television host († 2018)

• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)

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.
• March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
• June 12 » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• 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 29, 1939 was between 11.7 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.