52 events found for 1939
Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Part
NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D
The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five
The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate base
The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel
First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York
Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pi
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister
Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers…
Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to…
The Thirteen Roses: Thirteen female members of the Unified Socialist Youth are executed by Francoist forces in Madrid,…