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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