About the day » Tuesday March 7, 1939Calender converter

• Elaine Margaret Thoma, Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Cornelis Jan Nicolaas Wezelman, Den Helder († 2010)
• Bastiaan Vlieland, Katwijk († 2021)
• Arnold" Arnoldus Gerardus Josephus Driessen, Doornenburg († 1984)
• Armand Simon Marie Iven, Diepenbeek, België († 2019)
• Franz Josef Lang, Maudach († 2016)
• Hendrika Geertruida Nieuwenhuizen, Veldhoven († 2016)
• Stokroos, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1939)
• Hendrika Geertruida Nieuwenhuizen, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan Willem Bultman, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)

• Albert Jan Meijerink (73), Voorst
• Abraham VanderPuy (75), Sheboygan, Wiisconsin
• (doodgeboren kind) Donders (0), Tilburg
• Adriana van Dijk (86), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Heerlien (72), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Jeannetta Goffin (58), Maastricht
• Anna Rus (70), Iowa, VS
• Aaltien Bekelaar (69), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Stobbe (52), Emmen (Drenthe)
• Abramina Evertje van der Velden (76), Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1936 » Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach († 2013)
• 1936 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1938 » David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Janet Guthrie, American professional race car driver, first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500
• 1939 » Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
• 1941 » Piers Paul Read, English historian and author
• 1942 » Michael Eisner, American businessman
• 1942 » Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host († 2007)
• 1943 » Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
• 1949 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (b. 1882)

• 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.
• April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
• June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
• September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.

The temperature on March 7, 1939 was between 5.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.