About the day » Saturday September 9, 1939Calender converter

• Hendrica de Ridder, De Rijp († 1940)
• Kunkeler, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Franciscus Lambertus Lemmers, Haarlem († 1944)
• Antonia Gerritdina Masselink, Enschede († 2002)
• Albert Jan Lubbelinkhof, de Krim († 1998)
• Annie Wilhelmina Zantingh, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hendrica de Ridder, De Rijp, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Jan Lubbelinkhof, Gramsbergen († 1998)
• Carla Louise Nijenhuis, 's-Gravenhage (ZH Nederland) († 2016)
• Hendrik Arnoldus Haan, Sneek († 2002)

• Barbara van der Bruggen (66), geldrop
• Azarias Alves de Araujo (67), Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brasil
• Ary Schilperoort (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Van Bockrijk (77), Opitter
• Bernard Herman Strickling (35), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camire AZOULAY (88), Alger, Algérie
• Anne Jaukes Post (81), Assen
• Barberdina Tonnis Kremer (73), Noordhorn
• Arie van Pelt, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barberdina Kremer (73), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland

• 1936 » William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician
• 1938 » Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2012)
• 1938 » John Davis, English anthropologist and academic
• 1939 » Ron McDole, American football player
• 1940 » Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
• 1940 » Joe Negroni, American doo-wop singer († 1978)
• 1941 » Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language († 2011)
• 1941 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1967)
• 1941 » Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
• 1942 » Inez Foxx, American singer

• 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
• 1943 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)

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.
• March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• 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.
• September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

The temperature on September 9, 1939 was between 13.3 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.