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April 14, 1939Died on Saturday April 15, 1939
- Adriana Neeltje van Beveren (69), Brouwershaven
- Berend Menzes Wouda (78), Dokkum
- Anna Catharina van Sleeuwen (78), Rotterdam
- Berend Wouda (78), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
- Abraham Brandon (43), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Suijkerbuijk (46), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Margaretha van Zuijlekom (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Beene Frankema (74), Echten, dr.nld
- Adriana Neeltje van Beveren (70), Brouwershaven
- Anna Margaretha Maria van Zuijlekom (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 15, 1939 at Delpher
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De banier : staatkundig gereformeerd dagblad
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on April 15
- 1937 » Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1978)
- 1938 » Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
- 1938 » Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician († 2016)
- 1939 » Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker († 2009)
- 1939 » Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
- 1940 » Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
- 1940 » Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
- 1940 » Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
- 1940 » Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor († 2010)
- 1941 » Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
Died on April 15
- 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
- 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
- 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
- 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
- 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
- 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
- 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
- 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
- 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
Names that were popular for boys in 1939
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Maria
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Franciscus
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1939
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Hendrika
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Marie
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1939
- 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.
- January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
- May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- 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.
- August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
- August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
- September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
The weather on Saturday April 15, 1939
The temperature on April 15, 1939 was between 8.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI