What happened on 3 March 1939?

Discover what happened on 3 March 1939 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Deaths

  • Curt Thomalla (German screenwriter (1890–1939))
  • Nándor Rott (diocesan bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Veszprém (1869–1939))
  • Edmund Beecher Wilson (American zoologist, geneticist (1856-1939))
  • Gustav von Mallinckrodt (German entrepreneur (1859-1939))
  • Robert Poseck (German architect)
  • Patriarch Nikolaos V of Alexandria (Patriarch of Alexandria (1876-1939))
  • Auguste-Maurice Clément
  • Adrien Iweins d’Eeckhoutte (Belgian politician (1872-1939))
  • Ferdinand François de Smeth (Dutch politician)
  • Dimitrie Gerota (Romanian physician (1867–1939))
  • Georgy Bazilevich (soviet komkor (corps commander))
  • Fyodor Ogorodnikov (Russian and Soviet military figure and historian (1867–1939))
  • Nikolay Rattel (Russian and Soviet military leader (1875–1939))
  • Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (British politician and pacifist (1889-1939))
  • Carl Bennedich (Swedish officer and military historian)
  • Henryk Grohman (Polish businessman (1862–1939))
  • Hryhoriy Kossak
  • Lazar Kogan (NKVD officer)
  • Suren Arshakuni
  • Konstantin Bidinski (Russian politician (1896-1939))
  • Otto Feist (German artist)
  • Horace Duckett (English rugby union and rugby league footballer)
  • Ivan Balashov
  • Roger Toziny (French actor (1883-1939))
  • Ferenc Bajáki (Hungarian politician)
  • Muriel Thompson (Scottish motor racer, suffragette and war-time ambulance driver (1875-1939))
  • Sergey Raevich (Russian lawyer)
  • Károly Nagy (Hungarian architect (1870-1939))
  • Louis Heinrich Hiemann
  • Augusto Agazzi (Italian politician)
  • Alfons Kalb
  • Wilhelm Bettermann
  • Joseph-Lucien Giray (roman-catholic archbishop (1864-1939))
  • Tomo P. Oraovac (Serbian writer (1853-1939))
  • Sir Alfred William Francis Bagge, 4th Bt. ((1875-1939))
  • Charles du Plessis Chiappini ((1867-1939))
  • Robert Clayton Browne-Clayton ((1870-1939))
  • Edith Dale Nichol ((died 1939))
  • Maya Nymann (educational reformer, woodwork teacher)
  • soeur Veronique de la Passion (nee Virginie Dion (1854 – 1939))
  • Raoul de Montalent
  • Luigi Borgioli (Italian musician, composer, conductor and choir director (1864-1939))
  • Vladimír Mikan (teacher of a training college in Prague (1862-1939))
  • Oskar Nebes
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  • Gustavus Mottet
  • Jan Weustenraad
  • Josephus Bregeard (almoner)
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