Discover what happened on 2 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
- Wanda Grochowska (Polish writer and poet)
- Howard Carter (British egyptologist (1874–1939))
- Eugen Kürschner (Hungarian producer)
- Oscar Milosz (French-Lithuanian poet and representative of Lithuania at the League of Nations (1877-1939))
- Jenő Hankóczy (Hungarian agronomist (1879-1939))
- Marcelino Domingo (Spanish politician (1884-1939))
- Aleksandr Dikgof-Derental (Russian journalist (1885-1939))
- Ivan Malkin (Russian politician (1899–1939))
- Francesco Cimmino (Italian poet (1862 – 1939))
- Alex McFarlan (American baseball player (1869-1939))
- Arthur de Witt Foster (Canadian politician (1886-1939))
- Einar Wang (Norwegian politician (1855–1939))
- Reginald Tucker Caldwell (Canadian politician (1885–1939))
- William R. Rathvon (American Christian Science practitioner and teacher)
- Shokichi Aoki (Japanese linguist)
- Dimitar Strashimirov (Bulgarian writer)
- Edgar Põdra (Estonian military personnel)
- Mary Bartholomew Ehrman (American composer)
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- William Wellington (Australian politician)
- Richard Palmer (British cricketer (1848-1939))
- Constantino Bouza Pereira
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- Kate Slaughter McKinney (American author and poet)
- Gaetano Aneris (Italian politician (1893-1939))
- R.C.A. Dewald (Dutch photographer)
- Laura Hamilton ((died 1939))
- Rachel Louisa Lloyd ((1851-1939))
- Frances Honor Ramsden ((died 1939))
- Johann Emil Buomberger-Longoni ((1877-1939))
- Renée Kürschner
- Yekaterina Nosenko (Russian-born French painter and amanuensis)
- Amandus Wendt (Ph.D. Universität Berlin 1880)
- Charles Herbert Bothamley (British photographer archaeologist and teacher)
- Edouard Larche (French architect)
- Armandus Butjens (spiritual director)
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- Franz Stange
- Henry P. Rines