About the day » Sunday January 8, 1939Calender converter

• Bertus Hans († 2000)
• Donald Paul Westendorf, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa († 1999)
• Ada van Splunter († 1959)
• Edwin R. Green Jr., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Johanna Gerarda Judith Knipping, Elst ( gld ) († 2009)
• Gerrit-Jan Schoonewelle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1994)
• Albert Buiter, USA († 2020)
• Bertus van den Oever, Brakel (GL) († 1939)
• JULIA JOSEPHUS DE MEULENAER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1939)
• Henriette Sara Noach, s-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Albertje Oostinga (74), Hoogezand, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Hidding (57), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Keimpes Halma (70), Hallum
• Adrianus Jacobus Pellegrom (1), Haaften
• Antoinette Van Hove (70), Leopoldsburg, Limburg, België
• Alberdina Lunshof (73), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nerderland
• Bastiaan Marinus van Driel (54)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Huffnagel (74), heemstede
• Aaltje Wijngaard (85), Wieringerwaard
• Aaltje Ruizendaal (78), Bunschoten

• 1936 » Zdeněk Mácal, Czech-American conductor
• 1937 » Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
• 1938 » Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer
• 1938 » Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian opera singer and educator
• 1939 » Alan Wilson, English mathematician and academic
• 1939 » Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
• 1939 » Ruth Maleczech, American actress († 2013)
• 1940 » Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer
• 1940 » Mark Bretscher, English biologist and academic
• 1941 » Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter († 1989)

• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
• 1942 » Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)
• 1944 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)

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. Aaltje
15. Trijntje
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 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
• December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

The temperature on January 8, 1939 was between 2.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.