About the day » Friday September 15, 1939Calender converter

• Carol Bray Hall, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Gijsbertus Adrianus Maria Antonius de Grauw, Ginneken († 1964)
• Antoon Emmers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Antonius Henricus Petrus van der Pluijm, Hank, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Johanna Hendrica Agatha Vlasveld, Zoeterwoude († 1997)
• Vink, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1939)
• Antonie Klaas Hulst, Musselkanaal († 1983)
• Barbara Bernice Mccullough, Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, United States († 2015)
• Nelly Bos, Huizen(NH) († 1939)
• Charles Douglas Foote, Allen County, Indiana († 1991)

• Aaltje Baukes van Zwol (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonia van der Rijst (71), Utrecht
• Antje Hakze (77), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alijda Roesche (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Meer (Koevoets) (78), Roosendaal en Nispen, NL
• Antje Wybrens Bouma (72)
• Aagje (Aagtje) Opstelten (91), Den Haag
• Aagje van Vliet (81), Rotterdam
• Aagtje. Opstelten (91), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wijnenga (36), Groningen

• 1937 » Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina († 2019)
• 1937 » Joey Carew, Trinidadian cricketer († 2011)
• 1937 » King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler († 2010)
• 1937 » Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr († 1993)
• 1937 » Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » George Walden, English journalist and politician
• 1939 » Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
• 1940 » Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2010)
• 1941 » Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2011)

• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)

• 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 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
• May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
• December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

The temperature on September 15, 1939 was between 9.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.