1939

Year 1939 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1939

 * (Below, many events of have the "" prefix.)

January

 * The is founded.
 * wins their only football national championship
 * - End of term for, 28th . He is succeeded by.
 * - Naturwissenschaften publishes evidence that has been achieved by.
 * - : 71 people die across in one of Australia's worst ever.
 * - kills 30.000 in  – about 50.000 sq mi razed.
 * - : Troops loyal to, and aided by , take.
 * - : Troops loyal to, and aided by , take.

February

 * -, is founded.
 * - joins.
 * - take.
 * - opens in.
 * and recognize 's government.
 * burns.
 * Sit-down s are outlawed by the.
 * - The first issue of n weekly magazine was published.
 * - The first issue of n weekly magazine was published.

March

 * March - End of the in the  (started ).
 * - (Cardinal Pacelli) succeeds  as the 260th.
 * In, begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in.
 * Students at demonstrate the new tradition of swallowing  to reporters.
 * - Hitler advises to declare Slovakia's independence in order to prevent its partition by Hungary and Poland.
 * - provincial assembly proclaims independence - priest  becomes the president of independent Slovak government.
 * - troops occupy the remaining part of  and ;  ceases to exist; beginning hostilities leading to . The Ruthenian  region of Czechoslavakia declares independences as.
 * - Marriage of Princess to Shah . Hungary invades Carpatho-Ukraine; final resistance ends on.
 * - takes  from
 * - begins.
 * - The second to feature, , is released.
 * - , a by  starring, debuts at the  in.
 * Dictator conquers.
 * The last message from adventurer - he disappears later.
 * Dictator conquers.
 * The last message from adventurer - he disappears later.

April

 * - comes to an end when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.
 * - becomes King of .  ends with Slovakia ceding eastern territories to Hungary.
 * - invades  -  flees.
 * - Singer performs before 75,000 people at the  in  after having been denied the use both of  by the  and of a public  high school by the federally-controlled.
 * - leaves the.
 * - 's novel  is first published.
 * - closes.
 * - opens.

May

 * May -, created by (and, unofficially, ), makes his first appearance.
 * - 's, the legendary Yankee first baseman known as "The Iron Horse", ends his 2130 consecutive games played streak after contracting . The record will stand for 56 years before  plays 2131 consecutive games.
 * - The is formed by Netaji.
 * - leaves the.
 * - and  arrive in  to begin the first-ever visit to  by British sovereigns.
 * - begins trans-Atlantic mail service with the inaugural flight of its  from.
 * - and  sign the.
 * - gains (over  at Northampton) their first victory for 99 matches, easily a record in the . Their last Championship victory was as far back as   over  at Taunton.

June

 * - : The, a ship carrying a cargo of 907 ish refugees, is denied permission to land in after already having been turned away from . Forced to return to , most of its passengers later die in  s.
 * - The is officially dedicated in.
 * - Last public guillotining in France - murderer is decapitated by the.
 * - annexes.
 * - Government of changes its name to, which means 'Free Land'.

July

 * - The opens in New York City.
 * gives his last public speech, following his diagnosis of (ALS).   In it, he states, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
 * The  becomes autonomous.
 * - : The last remaining ish enterprises in are closed.
 * - : The last remaining ish enterprises in are closed.

August

 * - writes President  about developing the  using . This led to the creation of the.
 * - MGM's film classic , starring, , and , premieres at the Capitol Theater in.
 * - : and  agree to divide Europe between themselves (,,  and eastern  to the ;  and western Poland to ).so they would not have to fight on two fronts.
 * - An bomb explodes in the center of,  killing five people.
 * - The orders all German flagged merchant ships to head to German ports immediately in anticipation of the Invasion of Poland.
 * - A, the first turbojet-powered aircraft, flies for the first time with Captain Erich Warsitz in command.
 * - begins.

September

 * - :, beginning the  in .
 * - German navy fires on.
 * -, , and declare their neutrality.
 * - Following the invasion of, (now , Poland) is annexed to Nazi.
 * - and  declare their neutrality.
 * - :, , and  declare war on.
 * - : declares war on.
 * - : The declares its neutrality in the war.
 * - : declares war on.
 * - declares war on.
 * - Ceasefire ending undeclared between  (and n allies) and.
 * - invades  and then occupies eastern Polish territories.
 * - surrenders to ;  surrenders day later; last Polish large operational unit surrenders near  eight days later.

October

 * - : annexes Western Poland.
 * - : US President is presented with a letter signed by  urging the  to rapidly develop the.
 * - becomes prime minister of.
 * - German U-Boat sinks British battleship.
 * - The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed ) is dedicated.
 * - stockings go on sale for the first time anywhere in.
 * - , a by, debuts in.

November

 * - : US President orders the  to implement the, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of s to non-belligerent nations.
 * Hedda Hopper's Hollywood debuts with gossip columnist  as host (the show ran until  and made Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite).
 * , the codename for a German action against scientists from the and other  universities at the beginning of.
 * Two British agents of are captured by the Germans.
 * In, narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by  while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the.
 * - In, US President lays the cornerstone of the.
 * - released from
 * - begins:  forces attack  and reach the, starting the war.
 * - released from
 * - begins:  forces attack  and reach the, starting the war.

December

 * - opens for business in.
 * - - :  German pocket battleship  trapped by cruisers, , and  after a running battle off the coast of .   is scuttled by its crew off  harbor on.
 * - expels the USSR for attacking.
 * - The film , starring, , and , premieres at  in.
 * - Mining strike in ,
 * - in Eastern, , destroys the town of  - about 30,000 dead.

Undated

 * is invented by.
 * A logging crew sets off a second in the, which destroys 190,000 acres (769 km²).
 * , a private school, is founded in,.

Ongoing

 * (-1939).
 * (-The Late 1930s, early 1940s).
 * (-The Late 1930s, early 1940s).

Fictional
The following are references to year 1939 in fiction:
 *  (1989) - Takes place in 1939
 * According to "" attraction and the derivative   , it was on October 31, 1939 that five unfortunate souls aboard an  at the fictional  Tower Hotel were cast into the Twilight Zone when the tower was struck by . Since this event, the hotel has been abandoned and apparently cursed.

January-February

 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. )
 * -, American automotive pioneer
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , American athlete
 * -, Canadian skier
 * -, American country and gospel singer, member of the
 * -, American talk show host
 * -, U.S. Presidential candidate
 * -, American musician
 * -, British astronomer and poet
 * -, American musician
 * -, Australian writer
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , 26th
 * , American singer
 * , British actor and television presenter
 * -, American keyboardist
 * -, German-born Nazi hunter
 * -, English footballer
 * -, German artist
 * -, Chinese-born physicist, laureate
 * -, American dancer, choreographer, and actor
 * -, Chinese-born physicist, laureate
 * -, American dancer, choreographer, and actor

March-April

 * -, Cuban composer and guitarist
 * , former American Major League baseball pitcher
 * , American actress
 * , Brazilian actor
 * -, Welsh tenor
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American sculptor (d. )
 * -, eighteenth
 * , (d. )
 * , German film director
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, South African musician
 * , American film director
 * , English television personality
 * -, Irish writer, laureate
 * -, American actor
 * -, English singer (d. )
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, American playwright and actor (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Belgian painter
 * -, American playwright and actor (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Belgian painter
 * -, Belgian painter

May-June

 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * , Canadian-born chemist, laureate
 * , American singer
 * , American actor
 * -, American athlete
 * -, White House Press Secretary (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , Italian athlete
 * , English actor
 * , astronaut (d. )
 * -, Swiss oboist and composer
 * -, German film director
 * -, American actress
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, English singer
 * -, Dutch composer
 * , Romanian soprano
 * , American basketball broadcaster
 * -, Scottish race car driver
 * -, British writer
 * , American country singer
 * , British radio and television presenter and scriptwriter
 * -, Scottish race car driver
 * -, British writer
 * , American country singer
 * , British radio and television presenter and scriptwriter
 * , British radio and television presenter and scriptwriter

July-August

 * -, American football player
 * -, American scholar and writer
 * -, President of Portugal and former Prime Minister
 * , Italian singer and actress
 * , Supreme Leader of Iran
 * -, U.S. Director of National Intelligence
 * , twenty-fifth
 * , American football player
 * -, Irish poet
 * -, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * - - Drummer of English rock group
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American film producer and director
 * -, English disk jockey (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician
 * -, American film producer and director
 * -, English disk jockey (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician

September-October

 * -, Swiss Driver (d. )
 * -, American actor and artist
 * -, American musician
 * -, German field hockey player
 * -, Japanese biologist, recipient of the
 * -, American blues guitarist
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor
 * -, South African writer and painter
 * -, American singer
 * -, American musician
 * -, Polish actor
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor and singer
 * -, French chemist, laureate
 * -, American golfer (d. )
 * -, American computer scientist
 * -, English chemist, laureate
 * -, American football coach
 * -, Irish politician
 * -, American poker player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor
 * -, alleged assassin of President (d. )
 * -, American fashion designer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, British actor
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the
 * -, American singer (The Great Society, , , and )
 * -, American actor

November-December

 * -, American actress
 * -, Greek academic
 * -, American psychologist
 * -, Native American activist
 * -, British drama critic
 * , Canadian writer
 * , American actress
 * -, Indian politician
 * -, Canadian poet
 * -, American singer
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American singer (}
 * -, Israeli writer and politician
 * -, Irish flautist
 * -, American writer
 * -, British actor and singer (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * , American radio personality
 * , American politician
 * , English writer
 * , American scientist, recipient of the
 * , English writer
 * , American scientist, recipient of the

January - June

 * -, Polish politician (b. )
 * -, Austrian footballer (b. )
 * -, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. )
 * -, Irish writer, laureate (b. )


 * - (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Danish chemist (b. )
 * -, Spanish poet (b. )
 * -, a revolutionary, 's wife. )b.
 * -, British archaeologist (b. )
 * -, American civil rights activist
 * -, Australian politician (b. )
 * -, tenth (b. )
 * -, British classical music composer (b. )
 * -, American jazz trumpeter (b. )
 * -, American social worker and activist (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )

July - December

 * -, Czech painter and decorative artist (b. )
 * -, American mystic (b. )
 * -, German automobile designer (b. )
 * -, British artist (b. )
 * -, Polish writer and painter (b. )
 * -, Austrian psychiatrist (b. )
 * -, American neurosurgeon (b. )
 * -, American educator and historian (b. )
 * -, Canadian humanitarian (b. )
 * -, Canadian inventor of basketball (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, second youngest daughter of (b. )
 * -, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded