About the day » Wednesday April 5, 1939Calender converter

• Jan Cornelis Wieland († 1984)
• Anna Alida Castricum, Oude Niedorp († 1939)
• Arthur C Todd ?****, Sewickley, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• anna maria petronella (nel) peeters, maasbree († 2023)
• Frans Hurkmans, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2001)
• Jacobtje Fidder, Nieuw Weerdinge († 1939)
• Cornelius Petrus Gerardus van Eijk, Casteren († 2004)
• Harm Kregel, Eelde († 1991)
• Everdina Maria van Steenis, Waardenburg (NL) († 2023)
• Henri Arnoldus HEIJST, van, St. Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)

• Antonij Broijl (83), Gorssel
• Albertus Marseille (68), Lisse
• Anna Dieriks (6)
• Antonia Gevers (87), Hilversum
• Adriana Baggerman (78), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wiers Houter (55), Wognum
• Aaltje Ekkes de Vries (81), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonij Broil (83), Gorssel
• Antonij Broijl (84), Gorssel
• Antje Klaassens (71), (GR) Winschoten

• 1938 » Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 2018)
• 1938 » Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician († 2003)
• 1938 » Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter († 2014)
• 1938 » Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress († 2012)
• 1939 » Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1939 » David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer and producer († 2019)
• 1939 » Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen
• 1939 » Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania († 2011)
• 1939 » Ronald White, American singer-songwriter († 1995)
• 1940 » Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1937 » Gustav Adolf Deissmann, (b. 1866)
• 1937 » José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Verner Lehtimäki, Finnish revolutionary (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
• 1940 » Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (b. 1883)
• 1940 » Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)

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.
• January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• February 5 » Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
• March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

The temperature on April 5, 1939 was between 5.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.