About the day » Tuesday August 8, 1939Calender converter

• Janna Geertien Jand Boonstra († 1957)
• Irene Emma Westphal, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• James Richard Basham, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Josef Koenraad Maria Roest, Gouda († 2017)
• Johannes Cornelis Arnoldus {Jan} Van Schie, Noordwijk Zee († 2002)
• Claas Radewalt, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2017)
• Irene Emma Westphal, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Johanna Theodora Maria Manders, St.Anthonis, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1992)
• Jerome Francis Steward, Omer, Arenac County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Cornelis Jan Nazarius van Tiel, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)

• Albert Huisken (83)
• Antje Coops (70), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Heijden (70), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Sophia Haver (61), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Mathijsen (85), Schijndel
• Amelia Elizabeth Haas (79), Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
• aart BUSSING (66), numansdorp
• Antonius Mathijsen (85), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelia Matheny (76), Miles City, Montana (Custer), Verenigde Staten
• adriana Evers (69), Oudenbosch

• 1937 » Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
• 1937 » Sheila Varian, American horse breeder († 2016)
• 1938 » Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
• 1938 » Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic († 2020)
• 1938 » Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator († 2010)
• 1939 » Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
• 1939 » Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina
• 1939 » Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper
• 1940 » Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
• 1940 » Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer († 2007)

• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)

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. 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 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
• August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
• 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.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

The temperature on August 8, 1939 was between 11.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.