About the day » Sunday January 15, 1939Calender converter

• Gerardus Franciscus Johannes Staps, Tilburg († 1940)
• helena hendrika van den beuken, helden-grashoek
• Geertina Berendina Brinks, Emmen († 1998)
• Angelo Marti
• Eldora van de Berg, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2000)
• Henri Looijen, Apeldoorn († 1939)
• Evert Metz, Amersfoort († 2001)
• Helen Grace McEnnally († 1978)
• Bertus Snijders, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2004)
• (n.n.) Schepen, Rotterdam († 1939)

• Aafke Maring (81), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Bongaards (61), De Lier
• Adrianus Hartkoorn (56), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Gerrit de Knijff (36), Barwoutswaarder
• Alvin Albertus Buus (28), Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Albert Johan Reudink (50), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Meijer (72), Koudekerke
• Abraham Lincoln Kisner (74), Chartiers, Washington, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• "Charles" Robert Marie Joseph Ghislain de Woot de Trixhe (40), Liège, Belgique
• (n.n.) Schepen (0), Rotterdam

• 1937 » Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
• 1938 » Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 1938 » Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
• 1938 » Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 1939 » Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden († 2018)
• 1939 » Tony Bullimore, British sailor
• 1941 » Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist († 2010)
• 1942 » Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge († 2013)
• 1943 » George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player († 1986)
• 1943 » Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)

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.
• April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• December 22 » Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 15, 1939 was between 6.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.