About the day » Monday December 4, 1939Calender converter

• Janny Cornelia Schaart, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Jan Hendrik Wolfs, enter († 2024)
• Antonia Tilburgs, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 2002)
• Greetje (Gré) Kostelijk, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 2009)
• Dieuwertje Pool († 2019)
• Hendrika Geertruida Wilhelmina Kroeze, Borne,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1994)
• Greetje (Gre) Cornelisdr Kostelijk, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 2009)
• Gretha Frank, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1943)
• Hillechiena Arendiena Huijing, Borger († 2016)
• Cornelia van Ravensberg († 2000)

• Alta Fern Miller (45), Washington, Iowa
• Aartje Bakker (51), Laren (GL)
• Berendina Douwes (54), Roderwolde, Roden
• Adrianus VRIENS (63), Bergen Op Zoom (N. Br. Nl)
• Beeuwkje Herres Zijlstra (69), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara van der Helm (83), Rotterdam
• Afke Schurink (78), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Widera (52), Lubniany, Polen
• Antje Bakker (82), Surhuizum
• Adrianus Vriens (63), Bergen op Zoom

• 1936 » John Giorno, American poet and performance artist († 2019)
• 1937 » Max Baer, Jr., American actor, director, and producer
• 1938 » Andre Marrou, American lawyer and politician
• 1938 » Yvonne Minton, Australian-English soprano and actress
• 1939 » Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist
• 1939 » Joan Brady, American-British author
• 1939 » Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea († 2016)
• 1940 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer († 1977)
• 1940 » Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
• 1941 » Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach

• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)

• 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.
• June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

The temperature on December 4, 1939 was between 2.6 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.