About the day » Thursday December 7, 1939Calender converter

• Corrie Braam, Lisse († 1989)
• Cornelis Nicolaas Wonder, Texel († 2013)
• Leentje Zwiers, Haarlem († 1939)
• George Peters († 1993)
• Jan Bennie Hendrik Nijhuis († 2011)
• Johanna Cornelia Maria Schuurman († 2001)
• Annick Gabrielle Raymonde Marie Josephe Huberte Ghislaine du ROY de BLICQUY, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2021)
• Maria van Gelderen, Valkenburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Elizabeth Kortlever († 1995)
• Alida Petronella Maria Zuiderduin, Noordwijkerhout († 2019)

• Bastiaan Arie van den Heuvel (80), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Adriana Vermeulen (82)
• Adriaan van der Valk (57), Eindhoven
• Anna Gertrud Hamers (71), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Vugt (78), Heeswijk
• Bastiaan Aart (Arie) van den Heuvel (80), De Waard gem. Grijpskerk
• Alex Johannes van Bemmel (47), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrika Kolder (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Melinda Frances 'Fannie' Guest (71), Madison County,Ga
• Anna Gertrudis Hamers (71), Kerkrade

• 1935 » Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer
• 1937 » Stan Boardman, English comedian
• 1937 » Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2019)
• 1940 » Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
• 1942 » Alex Johnson, American baseball player († 2015)
• 1942 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1942 » Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer († 2006)
• 1943 » Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter

• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)

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.
• September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
• November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.

The temperature on December 7, 1939 was between -2.2 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.