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1939 Historical Event(s)
February 19, 1939
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
February 27, 1939
– United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners’ rights and are therefore illegal.
April 30, 1939
– NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s N.Y. World’s Fair opening day ceremonial address.
June 12, 1939
– Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures’ Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
August 31, 1939
– Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe.
September 3, 1939
– World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
September 4, 1939
– World War II: a Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
September 21, 1939
– Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
December 27, 1939
– Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.
Who Were Born On 1939?
January 3, 1939
– Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
March 15, 1939
– Julie Tullis, British climber (d. 1986)
April 27, 1939
– Jerry Mercer, Canadian musician
July 22, 1939
– Gila Almagor, Israeli actress
August 12, 1939
– Roy Romanow, Canadian politician
September 21, 1939
– Rory Storm, English musician (d. 1972)
October 25, 1939
– Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek film director and a writer (d. 2007)
November 9, 1939
– Paul Cameron, American psychologist
November 11, 1939
– Denise Alexander, American actress
November 27, 1939
– Tony Green, British professional darts commentator