About the day » Thursday September 21, 1939Calender converter

• Antje Gerritje Wilhelmina Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Betje Grijsaart‏‎ († 1943)
• Kenneth Ray van Grouw, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2019)
• Geoffrey Hocknull, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk († 1970)
• Antje Talsma, Aalzum († 2018)
• Dennis Hengeveld
• John D.* Kittrell <K SSDI>1 "Johnny", Robertsdale, Baldwin County, Alabama ql († 2002)
• Beverly Christians, Adrian, Nobles County, Minnesota († 2024)
• Johanna Cornelia Elisabeth den Hollander, Leiden († 1953)
• Helena Haasnoot, Katwijk († 1988)

• Alwine Euphreusine Dessauvagie (44), Bandoeng
• Alwine Euphreusine Dessauvagie (44), Bandoeng, Java
• Alwine Euphrasine Dessauvagie (44), Bandoeng, Java, Ned. Indië
• Arie de Mos (73), Scheveningen-gem. den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles William Clifford (85)
• Adèle Modeste Arnoldine Tollius Bennet (79), 's-Gravenhage
• Aletta den Boer (71), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Janet Doull Anderson (84), At sea aboard the SS Antonio
• Clasina Cornelia Kleijn (54), Amsterdam
• Christina Gesina Hageman (64), Heemstede

• 1936 » Ian Albery, English manager and producer
• 1937 » John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 2005)
• 1938 » Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
• 1938 » Olu Falae, Nigerian politician and government official
• 1939 » Agnivesh, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician
• 1940 » Bill Kurtis, American journalist and producer
• 1940 » Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian engineer and academic
• 1940 » Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1941 » Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager († 2010)
• 1941 » R. James Woolsey, Jr., American scholar and diplomat, 16th Director of Central Intelligence

• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1942 » John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Alexander Koshetz, Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881)
• 1947 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)

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. 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.
• April 18 » Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
• May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
• November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
• December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.

The temperature on September 21, 1939 was between 10.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.