About the day » Wednesday May 3, 1939Calender converter

• James Thomas Richard, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Henry Neil BUMA, Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah U.S.A († 2003)
• Freerkien Frouwke JAGER, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1998)
• Cornelis Biesheuvel, Poederooyen († 2000)
• Etienne DE BODT, Ninove,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1979)
• Herman Somers, Duffel († 2010)
• Doodgeboren kind Brok, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1939)
• Cornelis Schagen, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2007)
• Alie de Weerd († 1994)
• Jaap Axel Walkate, Hengelo († 2005)

• Anne Mie Vlashof (64), Weesp, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Antonia Pieterse (89), Den Haag
• Albertus Winters (75), Bergh, Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Doldersum (2), Beilen
• Anna Maria Bouwman (66), Oudewater
• Arie sluijs (79), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardo da Rocha Campos (59), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriaan de Man (73), 's Gravenhage
• Ann Hogan (78), Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States
• Aaltje Hamminga (76), Woltersum, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1937 » Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author and academic
• 1938 » Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
• 1938 » Napoleon XIV, American singer, songwriter and record producer
• 1938 » Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist
• 1939 » Jonathan Harvey, English composer and educator († 2012)
• 1940 » Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1940 » David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist († 2019)
• 1941 » Alexander Harley, English general
• 1941 » Edward Malloy, American priest and academic
• 1942 » Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach († 2016)

• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)

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.
• March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
• 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 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The temperature on May 3, 1939 was between 3.0 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.