Discover what happened on 4 June 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
- Tommy Ladnier (Jazz cornetist/trumpeter (1900-1939))
- József Grósz (football player (1883-1939))
- Emil Seling (German conductor (1868-1939))
- Henry U. Johnson (American politician, Indiana (1850-1939))
- Reginald Courtenay Welch (English footballer (1851-1939))
- Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet (English journalist and politician (1858-1939))
- Vladimir
- Carl Cohn Haste (Danish pianist, organist and composer)
- Edwin Linton (American biologist)
- Harry L. Conn (Ohio Jurist (1867-1939))
- Hector Morison (British politician (1850-1939))
- Elupina Cordero (Dominican religious figure (1892-1939))
- Manuel Fernández Gordillo (Spanish magistrate (1884-1939))
- W. F. Ragle (American football coach (1892-1939))
- Andrzej Huszno
- Cayetano Bolívar (Spanish politician)
- Pavle Popović (Serbian literary critic and historian (1868–1939))
- Thomas Bridges (Australian politician)
- Emile Straus (French writer, art critic, journalist, and translator (1865-1939))
- Emily Gertrude Heller (American botanist and botanical collector (1869-1939))
- Thomas F. Cole (American businessman)
- Antônio Teodorico da Costa Filho (Brazilian writer (1861-1939))
- Mary Lamb ((died 1939))
- Sibyl Mary Kenyon ((1866-1939))
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen Dumont (American diplomat)