About the day » Thursday January 5, 1939Calender converter

• Harold Ray Hoffman, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Evertje van den Brink, Barneveld († 1940)
• James George Schoolcraft, Renwick, Humboldt, Iowa, United States († 2013)
• Lubbert van Veen († 2010)
• Hendrik Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelia Johanna Schelle, Eethen Holland († 1939)
• Evertje Van Den Brink, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Bep Sondermeijer, Nieuw-Vennep († 2009)
• Hendrik J. Nuijens, Limmen († 2021)
• Lubbert van Veen, Urk († 2010)

• Andreas Bessems (25), Amby, Maastricht
• Aaltje Buiter (56), Groningen
• Albert van Werven (1)
• Alida Gerlach (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Alberta Geertruida Brandsma (22), Hilversum
• Aaltje Buiter (56), Groningen
• Aletta Johanna Serfontein (74), Gwayang
• Aaltje Glastra (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert DIENDER (78), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aartje Lindner (76), Kesteren

• 1936 » Florence King, American journalist and memoirist († 2016)
• 1938 » Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 1938 » Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright
• 1939 » M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician († 1997)
• 1940 » Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1941 » Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer († 2008)
• 1941 » Chuck McKinley, American tennis player († 1986)
• 1941 » Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1941 » Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer and coach († 2011)
• 1942 » Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor

• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)

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.
• January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

The temperature on January 5, 1939 was between -2.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.