About the day » Thursday January 26, 1939Calender converter

• Cornelis Marie Verkerk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Georges Grouwels, Houwaart († 1993)
• Dirk Dijkstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Annie Appels, Tilburg († 2018)
• Ans Tuerlings, Tilburg († 2013)
• jochem gerrit Joop vreugdenhil, 's Gravenzande († 2012)
• Engelbertus Petrus Maria EBBERS, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Dina Voskamp († 2015)
• Doodgeboren kind Doornbos, Martenshoek († 1939)
• Günther Otto Rave, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• alida velzeboer (77), heeze
• Agnes Jackson Oliver (79), Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Sibbelina "Sibbeltje" Deelstra (47)
• Anna Sibbelina Deelstra (47), Groningen (Groningen)
• Albert Hendrikus Hurenkamp (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus Hurenkamp (76), Apeldoorn
• de Laat, Boxtel
• Ane Pieters Brouwer (75), St. Annaparochie
• Ahasuerus Jacobus Dijkhuis (2), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Geertruid Speek (58)

• 1935 » Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
• 1935 » Henry Jordan, American football player († 1977)
• 1935 » Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist
• 1936 » Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1937 » Francisco Gonzales, former 1960 Summer Olympics yachting team member and murderer
• 1937 » Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone († 2003)
• 1938 » Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
• 1940 » Frank Large, English footballer, centre forward and cricketer († 2003)
• 1940 » Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop
• 1943 » César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)

• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
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 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
• August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

The temperature on January 26, 1939 was between 0.2 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.