About the day » Saturday March 18, 1939Calender converter

• Elisabeth Anna Maria Baars, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Chris Oexman († 1996)
• Anton Herweijer, Spijkenisse († 1965)
• Clasina Wolthaus, Oegstgeest († 1944)
• Hendrik Jan Klokkers, Anevelde, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 2019)
• Joseph Simon Isaac, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Johanna Henrica Josephina Joosten, Asten († 1978)
• Hilda_Maria der Nederlanden, Zandvoort († 2009)
• James Marvin Leytham, A log cabin in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon († 2001)
• Heintje Koelewijn, Spakenburg († 1988)

• Aaldrik Smit (47), Assen
• Agatha Rozeboom de Vries (74), Hillegom, Noord Hollland, Nederland
• Anna Isabella Franssen (39), Maastricht
• Aaldrik Harms Smit (47), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana de Bode (34), Gouda
• Agatha Rozeboom de Vries (74), Hillegom
• Anna Wester (67), Heerhugowaard,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Rozeboom (74), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Van Neste (62)
• Albert Gillis Baumhauer, von (47), Alder, Wa (USA)

• 1937 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver († 1975)
• 1937 » Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1938 » Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
• 1938 » Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2019)
• 1938 » Machiko Soga, Japanese actress († 2006)
• 1938 » Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer († 2017)
• 1938 » Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver († 2017)
• 1939 » Jean-Pierre Wallez, French violinist and conductor
• 1939 » Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
• 1941 » Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter († 2006)

• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
• September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
• October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.

The temperature on March 18, 1939 was between -2.3 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.