1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1939 - Events. January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 13 - Black Friday: 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bushfires. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq mi razed January 26 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and ...

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1939 - January. January 2 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist January 2 - John McBon, Argentianian Tv Star Ed the Repairman January 3 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player January 6 - Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2002) January 10 - Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976) January 10 - Bill Toomey, American athlete January 11 - Ann Heggtveit, Canadian skier January 17 - Maury Povich, American talk show host January ...

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The Fisher-bodied Series 61 used a 126 in wheelbase. It was available as a club coupe or sedan. All Cadillacs shared the same 346 in³ L-head V8 that year, with power at 135 hp (101 kW) and rising to 150 hp (112 kW) for 1941. Cadillac Series 61 - Series 63. The Series 63 was similar to the 61. It was available as a sedan only and rode on the same wheelbase. ...

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The first Lincoln Continental was developed initially as Edsel Ford's one-off personal vehicle, though it is believed he planned all along to put the model into production if it was successful. In 1938, he commissioned a custom design from the chief stylist, Bob Gregorie, ready for Edsel's March 1939 vacation. The design, allegedly sketched out in an hour by Gregorie working from the Lincoln Zephyr blueprints and making changes, was an elegant convertible with a long hood covering the Lincoln V12 and long front fenders, and a short trunk with what became the Continental series' trademark ...

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The White Paper of 1939, also known as the MacDonald White Paper after Malcolm MacDonald, the British Colonial Secretary who presided over it, was a policy paper issued by the British government under Neville Chamberlain in which the idea of partitioning the British Mandate of Palestine was abandoned in favour of an independent Palestine governed jointly by Arabs and Jews. White Paper of 1939 - pre White Paper of 1939. Previous White Papers had stated that the 1917 Balfour Declaration was not a Briti ...

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The 1939 New York World's Fair, located on the current site of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964 New York World's Fair), was one of the largest world's fairs of all time. Many different countries around the world participated in it, and over 25 million people attended its exhibits. The NYWF of 1939 allowed all visitors to take a look at "The world of tomorrow." In 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, a group of New York City businessmen decided to create an international exposition to lift the ...

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1939 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds (4-0) All-Star Game, July 11 at Yankee Stadium: American League, 3-1 ...

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1939 in baseball - January-June. January 14 - Sandy Valdespino January 29 - Bobby Bolin February 12 - Jerry Walker February 18 - Dal Maxvill February 25 - Denny Lemaster March 4 - Jack Fisher March 6 - Cookie Rojas March 8 - Jim Bouton March 12 - Johnny Callison March 21 - Tommy Davis March 23 - Sam Bowens April 1 - Phil Niekro April 3 - Hawk Taylor April 30 - Bob Hendley May 2 - Gates Brown May 11 - Milt ...

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Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the greatest year in film history." Hollywood was at the height of its Golden Age, and this particular year saw the release of an unusually large number of exceptional movies, many of which have been honored as memorable classics when multitudes of other films of the era have been largely forgotten. August 25 - The Wizard of Oz premieres in the US. December 15 - Gone ...

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January January 12 - the RAF Auxiliary Air Force Reserve is formed February February 9 - Alex Henshaw sets a new speed record for the round trip between England and Cape Town in 4 days 10 minutes in a Percival Mew March March 30 - Hans Dieterle sets a new airspeed record in a Heinkel He 100 of 746 km/h (464 mph). April April 28 - Vladimir Kokkinaki and Mikhail Godienko attempt a non-stop flight from the Soviet Union to New York but are forced down on Miscou ...

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1939 in rail transport - January events. January - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SW1. 1939 in rail transport - February events. February - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD NW2. 1939 in rail transport - March events. March - General Motors Elec ...

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1939 in South Africa - September. 5 September - Jan Smuts becomes the 4th Prime Minister of South Africa for the second time ...

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Siege of Warsaw 1939 - Air Defence. From the very first hours of World War II, Warsaw, the capital of Poland, was a target of an aerial bombardment campaign by the German Luftwaffe. Apart from the military facilities such as infantry barracks and the Okęcie airport and aircraft factory, the German pilots also targeted civilian facilities such as water works, hospitals, market places and schools. In addition, civilians were strafed from the air with machine gun fire in ...

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1939 in rail transport - August births. August 2 - John W. Snow, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Transportation, then United States Secretary of the Treasury. 1939 in rail transport - Unknown date births. Philip Anschutz, Colorado financier who orchestrated the purchase of the Southern Pacific Railroad by t ...

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1939 in baseball - American League final standings. 1939 in baseball - National League final standings. ...

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Edward G. Robinson plays a very successful oil-field firefigher with a young family. All is going so well, he's even bought his own oil well in hope of striking it rich. His greatest fears are realized, however, when a man from his secret past sees him in a newsreel and shows up looking for a job. Eventually the man attempts to blackmail the firefighter, who had run from a chain gang years ago and started a new life and family under and assumed name. After a shady deal is made, Ingram the firefighter is tricked and the man turns the fugitive into authorities and ends up back on a chain gang. Meanwhile, the man th ...

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The Polish Army lost approximately 6 000 KIA and 16 000 WIA. After the capitulation approximately 5,000 officers and 97 000 soldiers and NCOs were taken into captivity. The civilian population of Warsaw lost 25 800 dead and approximately 50 000 wounded. As an effect of bombardment 12% of buildings were turned into ruins. German casualties are unknown. ...

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List of ship launches in 1939 - 7. Lützow (Germany): Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser by Deschimag in Bremen, Germany List of ship launches in 1939 - 19. Seydlitz (Germany): Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser by Deschimag in Bremen, Germany ...

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