About the day » Sunday March 12, 1939Calender converter

• Cornelia Petronella Maria van Boesschoten, Gilze en Rijen
• Jacob Hoogstra, Opwierde (Appingedam) († 1972)
• Anna Lukassina Marchina Hamering, Borger († 2014)
• Jan Antonie Snoei († 1994)
• Helena Josephina Weghorst, Borne, Ov., Nederland († 2021)
• Albertus Harmannus Broekema, Groningen († 1995)
• Hermina Meurs, Wageningen († 1943)
• Hendrik van Loenen, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2019)
• Jacob Jan Pereboom, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Hedwig Lichem van Löwenburg, Innsbruck, Tirol († 2000)

• Anje Nap (79)
• Anna Douwina Bakker (73), Renkum (Gelderland)
• Ada Mae Bailey (68), Port Huron,St. Clair County,Michigan
• Adriana Ketelaars (75), Hilvarenbeek
• Anthonie Leer van (44), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Antonia Klijn (73), Waalwijk
• Albert Cornelis Johannes Vermeij (66), Haarlem
• Anne Douwina Bakker (73), Renkum
• Bernardus Cornelis Nijman (0), Amsterdam
• Adrianus de Jong (61), Nieuw-Lekkerland

• 1936 » Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy
• 1936 » Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author († 2002)
• 1937 » Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer
• 1937 » Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor († 2017)
• 1938 » Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1938 » Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop
• 1938 » Ron Tutt, American drummer
• 1938 » Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor, († 2010)
• 1940 » Al Jarreau, American singer († 2017)
• 1941 » Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer

• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)

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.
• March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
• September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
• October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
• November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
• December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

The temperature on March 12, 1939 was between -1.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.