About the day » Saturday February 11, 1939Calender converter

• Carla Mae Mosely Jones (VaughanGrad Eleanor, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma († 1995)
• Albertje Dol, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Dethmer Drenth, Veendam († 2013)
• Catharina Elisabeth Hofstaetter, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Catharina Johanna Koppelaar, Roterdam
• Leijten, Hapert
• Verschoor, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Geertruda Maria Gerarda van der Sterren, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 1996)
• Barbara Jean Williams, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Alida Elizabeth van Leeuwen, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)

• Amke "Emma" "Annie" Beving (92), Wellsburg, Grundy Co., IA
• Abram Middelbusker (62), Zaandam
• Anna Catharina Geertruida Husmann (67), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Franciscus Verdaasdonk (85), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anje Visscher (66), Assen
• Als dood geboren aangegeven zoon Hoogervorst (0), Ter Aar
• Antonia Fillemina Johannesd. de Krieger (79), Rotterdam (ZH Nederland)
• Amelia Tutertien (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Wilhelmina Delfos den Doren (65), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Cornelia Roose (54), Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1936 » Burt Reynolds, American actor and director († 2018)
• 1937 » Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1937 » Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1937 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA († 1990)
• 1937 » Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist († 2010)
• 1938 » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer († 2018)
• 1939 » Gerry Goffin, American songwriter († 2014)
• 1940 » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1942 » Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter († 2016)

• 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
• 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)

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.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
• August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
• December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The temperature on February 11, 1939 was between 6.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.