About the day » Sunday February 19, 1939Calender converter

• Aggie ter Heerdt († 2014)
• Gerard Erik Frederik (Prof.) Thomas, 's Gravenhage († 2011)
• Geertruida VERMEER, Eindhoven († 1997)
• Helen Myrtle McAvoy, Ontario, Canada († 2005)
• Herman Stroeve († 1943)
• Johannes Joseph Peter Bemelmans, Arnhem († 1977)
• Johannes (Jo) span, Waalwijk († 2011)
• Johanna Helena Heirbaut, ROOSENDAAL (NL) († 2001)
• Harry Jacobus Rietbroek, Den Haag, Nederland († 1991)
• Johannes Hendrikus Lovendaal, Doetinchem († 2006)

• Alice Myrtie Hopkins (69)
• Alida Catharina van Schie (57), Voorburg
• Anna Elisabeth Breedveld (79), Hillegersberg
• Arnoldus Theodorus Friederichs (65), Nijmegen
• Benedictus WEYN (74), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan de Graaf (65), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Jozef Mathÿs Bemelmans (21), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van Delft (71), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ALBERT CORDEEL (26), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Maria van der Veldt (70), Haarlem

• 1936 » Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1937 » Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1937 » Terry Carr, American author and educator († 1987)
• 1938 » Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama († 1989)
• 1939 » Erin Pizzey, English activist and author, founded Refuge
• 1940 » Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1940 » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan († 2006)
• 1940 » Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 » David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician

• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)

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.
• March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• 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 February 19, 1939 was between 2.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.