About the day » Saturday February 25, 1939Calender converter

• Gerhardus Arnoldus van Oeffel († 1995)
• Antonius van der Linden, Ginneken en Bavel († 1986)
• Gerrit Teunis Roubos, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Antje Kramer, Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde)
• CARLA WILHELMINA ANDREE, Ede, Nederland († 2000)
• Aiko Jakob Hulzebos, Winschoten († 2010)
• Henk Stolte, Beilen († 2006)
• Annie Bruyninckx, Kapellen († 2017)
• Henderika Ellina Dijkhuis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Bernardus Gerhardus Liebrand, Wisch († 1940)

• Aaltje Bossenbroek (71), Apeldoorn
• Gerardus Tonkens (80)
• Adrianus Wolfs, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldegondis Veugelers (86), Deurne en Liessel, NB, Nederland
• Ankesiena Mulder (66), Meppel
• Adrianus Kornelis Knook (81), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Knook (81), Klundert (N.B.)
• Albert Nijmeijer (58), Heerde, Gld, NL
• Anna Christina Elizabeth Draër (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Knook (81), Klundert

• 1934 » Tony Lema, American golfer; winner of the 1964 Open Championship († 1966)
• 1935 » Oktay Sinanoglu, Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist; two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry († 2015)
• 1937 » Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
• 1937 » Tom Courtenay, award-winning English actor
• 1938 » Farokh Engineer, Indian international cricketer; successful as batsman and wicketkeeper
• 1938 » Herb Elliott, Australian 1500 metres runner; 1960 Olympic champion and world record holder
• 1940 » Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1941 » David Puttnam, English film producer and academic
• 1943 » George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer; lead guitarist of The Beatles († 2001)
• 1944 » François Cevert, French racing driver († 1973)

• 1915 » Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
• 1928 » William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1934 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)

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.
• February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
• 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.
• June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.

The temperature on February 25, 1939 was between 2.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.