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Died on Tuesday November 28, 1939
- Anna Maria de Raed (77), Tilburg
- Caspar Henry Knippenberg (76), Arenzville Precinct, Cass, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Catharina Jans Does (76), Sassenheim
- Catharina Ossevoort (0), Leiden
- Bernardus Kolbrink (34), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
- Anna Hendrica van den Besselaar (82), Little Chute, Outagamie county, Wisconsin (USA)
- Achiel Joris Frederik Polfliet (29), Bornem
- Catharina Engeltje Westendorp (81), Den Haag
- Adrianus Antonius Sanders (37), Waalre
- Anna Beentjes (57), Heemskerk
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 28, 1939 at Delpher
- Zaans volksblad : sociaal-democratisch dagblad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- De banier : staatkundig gereformeerd dagblad
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- De Indische courant
- De Sumatra post
- Leeuwarder nieuwsblad : goedkoop advertentieblad
- Leeuwarder courant
Born on November 28
- 1935 » Frik du Preez, South African rugby player
- 1935 » Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet († 2010)
- 1936 » Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
- 1938 » Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player
- 1940 » Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
- 1941 » Laura Antonelli, Italian actress († 2015)
- 1942 » Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster
- 1943 » R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter († 2012)
- 1943 » Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
- 1944 » Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter
Died on November 28
- 1921 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
- 1930 » Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
- 1935 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
- 1939 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)
- 1943 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
- 1945 » Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)
- 1947 » Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
- 1953 » Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
- 1954 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- 1960 » Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
Names that were popular for boys in 1939
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Maria
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Franciscus
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1939
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Hendrika
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Marie
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1939
- 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.
- May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
- November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
- November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
- December 27 » The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.
The weather on Tuesday November 28, 1939
The temperature on November 28, 1939 was between 5.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI