About the day » Tuesday May 9, 1939Calender converter

• Franciscus Maria Kapteijns, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2019)
• Hessels, Tilburg († 1939)
• Françoise Denise Alice GILLIS, Etterbeek, 1040, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2019)
• Jacobus Gideon Loubser († 1993)
• Aldy J Sigala († 1984)
• Frederick Charles Lorenz, Milwaukee (Milwaukee), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Hendricus Leonardus Baartmans, Kethel en Spaland, Schiedam, Nderland († 2004)
• Jan Van Delden, Winschoten († 2009)
• Cornelia Semler, Beilen († 2014)
• Hendrikus Brinks, Stieltjeskanaal, Dalen († 2021)

• Bernardus Antonius Reinders (65), Almelo,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bendina Catharina Span (67), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan KRIJT (78), Zaandijk
• Bernard François Joseph Onstenk
• Augusta Kloss (78), Princeton Did both Augusta and her husband die on the same day
• Aaltje Volkers (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Afijn Elizabeth Zeven (67), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anton Brouwer (61), Vaassen
• Arend de Vries * (62), Steenwijk
• Arend de Vries (62), Steenwijk

• 1937 » Dave Prater, American singer († 1988)
• 1937 » Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
• 1937 » Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 » Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and editor
• 1939 » Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone
• 1939 » Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1939 » John Ogbu, Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor († 2003)
• 1939 » Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer
• 1939 » Ralph Boston, American long jumper
• 1940 » James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Gerrit
9. Petrus
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. Catharina
9. Adriana
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 2 » Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• 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.
• November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
• December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.

The temperature on May 9, 1939 was between 6.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.