About the day » Tuesday March 14, 1939Calender converter

• Gerard André Bakker, Texel († 2014)
• Hendrikus Makkink, Epse (Gorssel) († 2007)
• Aart Jan Evers, Barneveld, Gld, Nl († 1946)
• Darlene Faye Gruis, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2023)
• Cornelis LODEWIJKX, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1999)
• Eimericus Martinus Berkers, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Jantje Agatha Visscher, Uithuizermeeden († 1985)
• Gerrit van Hal, Zeeland,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Bobby Ray Chandler TSGT, Grayson, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Hillechina Henderika Bronsema, Harkstede gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)

• Anna De Smedt (64), Duffel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Antje Konijn (86), Velsen
• Antonius Josephus Berbers (64), Venraij
• Adriana Huberdina van Aarle (2), Tilburg
• Adrianus TOORNVLIET (78), Rotterdam
• Arina Gijsbert van der Pol (71), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Arina Gijsberta van der Pol (71), Rotterdam Hillegersberg
• Akseli Rainio (69)
• Aaltje Helena van 't Hof (56), Colijnsplaat
• Arie Spaans (52), scheveningen

• 1936 » Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
• 1937 » Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee († 2013)
• 1938 » Eleanor Bron, English actress and screenwriter
• 1938 » Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network († 2016)
• 1938 » John Gleeson, Australian cricketer († 2016)
• 1939 » Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter
• 1939 » Raymond J. Barry, American actor
• 1939 » Yves Boisset, French director and screenwriter
• 1941 » Wolfgang Petersen, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Rita Tushingham, English actress

• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (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.
• February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
• March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• 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.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
• December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

The temperature on March 14, 1939 was between 5.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.