About the day » Tuesday March 14, 1939Calender converter

• Andreas Martinus Joseph (Andries, Broer) THIJSSEN, Haps († 2011)
• Aart Jan Evers, Barneveld, Gld, Nl († 1946)
• Bernadette Marie Jacqueline WODON, Anthée, 5520, Namur, Belgique († 2019)
• Gerrit van Hal, Zeeland,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Charlotte Adriana Lutters, IJmuiden, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hendrikus Johannes Jozef Bouwmeester, Vaassen († 1944)
• Jan Dodde, Oude Pekela († 2008)
• Bobby Ray Chandler TSGT, Grayson, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Gerard André Bakker, Texel († 2014)
• Glauber de Andrade Rocha, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brasil († 1981)

• Adrianus Lambertus Wilhelmus Brouwer (52), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arina Gijsberta van der Pol (71), Rotterdam Hillegersberg
• Antje Opmeer (92), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Martens (62), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Antje Konijn (86), Velsen
• Antje Opmeer (92), Rotterdam
• Agnes Janssen (77), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Borst (64), Schagen (Schagen) (Noord Holland)
• Adrianus Lambertus Wilhelmus Brouwer (52), Tilburg
• Antje Schuurman (81), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1936 » Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
• 1937 » Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee († 2013)
• 1938 » Eleanor Bron, English actress and screenwriter
• 1938 » Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network († 2016)
• 1938 » John Gleeson, Australian cricketer († 2016)
• 1939 » Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter
• 1939 » Raymond J. Barry, American actor
• 1939 » Yves Boisset, French director and screenwriter
• 1941 » Wolfgang Petersen, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Rita Tushingham, English actress

• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (b. 1895)

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 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
• 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.
• August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on March 14, 1939 was between 5.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.