About the day » Monday January 16, 1939Calender converter

• van den Vlekkert, Gorssel (GL) († 1939)
• Hermina Geertruida Buitenkamp, Zwolle († 2015)
• Doodgeboren Dochter van Zuijlen, Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1939)
• Frits Weijers, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 1999)
• Diny - Gerritdina Maria Schoorlemmer, Heeten, Gem. Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)
• Anna Maria van Dijk, Soerabaja, Java, Nederlands Indië († 2016)
• Clyde Warren Van Iwaarden, Alamosa, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Carolina Courbois, Arnhem, Ned
• Albertha Hendrika van de Pol († 2022)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Libeton, Rotterdam († 1993)

• Albertus Christiaan van Daalen (85), Ede
• Agostinho Tibúrcio de Carvalho (43), Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna Maria Jacobs (61), Tilburg
• van den Vlekkert (0), Gorssel (GL)
• Albert Hendrikussen Meijerink (85), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfred Blevins Barber (78), Rutherford County, Tennessee
• Adriaantje Olijrhook (82), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria SILLEKENS (80), Roggel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Dons (80), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Christiaan VAN DAALEN (85), Ede, Gelderland, NEDERLAND

• 1935 » A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
• 1935 » Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1936 » Michael White, Scottish actor and producer († 2016)
• 1937 » Francis George, American cardinal († 2015)
• 1937 » Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver († 2011)
• 1938 » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 1939 » Ralph Gibson, American photographer
• 1941 » Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1942 » Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager († 2016)

• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)

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.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on January 16, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.