About the day » Thursday December 14, 1939Calender converter

• Antonius Marinus Augustina van der Linden, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Adrianus Justinus Trommel, Den Haag († 1997)
• Franciscus Adrianus van de Koevering, Den Dungen († 2008)
• Albertha Smit, Kerkenveld († 2023)
• Gezinus Johannes Hermannes Robbe-, Onstwedde, Nederland († 1941)
• Cornelia Afiena Idema, Oosternieland (gem. Het Hogeland) († 2001)
• Gerard McClancy († 1999)
• Aaltje Antje Idema, Oosternieland, Uithuizermeeden,, Groningen, Nederland († 1983)
• Aaltje Antje Idema, Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1983)
• Gezinus Johannes Hermannes Robbe, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)

• Aafje Grootewal (51), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (24), Barendrecht
• Anthony Beves LOCKHART (49), Pond House Northampton England U.K
• Albert Lorje (78), Rotterdam
• Anna van Scheijndel (70), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Til (60), Rotterdam
• Nella Venema (82), Wildervank
• Adriana Maria Brokken (65), Tilburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Bootsman (73), Eenrum
• Albert Lorjé (78), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland,Nederland

• 1935 » Lewis Arquette, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1938 » Charlie Griffith, Barbadian cricketer
• 1938 » Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author
• 1939 » Ann Cryer, English academic and politician
• 1939 » Ernie Davis, American football player († 1963)
• 1940 » Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
• 1941 » Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic († 2006)
• 1941 » Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress
• 1942 » Chris Harris, English actor and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)

• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)

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.
• January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
• 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.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.

The temperature on December 14, 1939 was between -0.4 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.