About the day » Sunday September 10, 1939Calender converter

• Jan de Gelder, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Cazimier De Schutter, Herenthout, België († 1939)
• Elizabeth Varwijk († 2023)
• Gusta Menten, Hasselt, België († 2009)
• Heilwich van Eulenburg, Berlijn (Dld) († 1975)
• Elza Mas, Kozen, België († 2015)
• Iza. Adriana Dekker, Nieuwdorp, Zeeland, Nederland († 2018)
• Jan Renes, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriana Antonia (Jeanne) Scholman, Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Johanna Stoffels, Rotterdam

• Anna Elisabeth Menke (44), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Abraham Lincoln THOW (93), Longford, Tasmania, Australia
• Andreas Antonius Dionysius van Loon (10), Tilburg
• Dirk Ruiter (76), Berkhout, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Hendrix (52), Klimmen
• Adriaan Pieter Gerardus SIJMONS (13), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Lamper (81), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Derk Ebertus Woldring (28)
• Derk Ebertus Woldring (28), Utrecht
• Aplonia Govertsdr van der Graaf (81), Delft

• 1937 » Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
• 1937 » Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1938 » David Hamilton, English radio and television host
• 1940 » Bob Chance, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1940 » Buck Buchanan, American football player († 1992)
• 1940 » Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer
• 1941 » Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music († 2014)
• 1941 » Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy († 1997)
• 1941 » Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author († 2002)
• 1942 » Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer

• 1931 » Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1931 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American gangster (b. 1886)
• 1933 » Baconin Borzacchini, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1933 » Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1934 » George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1893)
• 1937 » Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)

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. Helena

• 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 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
• March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

The temperature on September 10, 1939 was between 13.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.