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| January 02, 1939 |
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| January 03, 1939 |
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Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in US House of Representatives |
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| January 04, 1939 |
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Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school |
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| January 04, 1939 |
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Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration |
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| January 07, 1939 |
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US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) |
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| January 10, 1939 |
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Bradman hits 186 SA v Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg |
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| January 13, 1939 |
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Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco |
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| January 14, 1939 |
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| January 14, 1939 |
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Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica |
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| January 15, 1939 |
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1st NFL pro bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field |
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| January 15, 1939 |
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Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal |
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| January 16, 1939 |
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Comic strip Superman debuts |
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| January 17, 1939 |
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Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert |
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| January 18, 1939 |
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SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW |
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| January 19, 1939 |
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Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec |
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| January 20, 1939 |
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Charles Ives' 1st Sonate Concord, premieres |
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| January 20, 1939 |
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Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews |
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| January 21, 1939 |
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George Kaufman & Moss Hart's American Way, premieres in NYC |
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| January 21, 1939 |
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer |
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| January 21, 1939 |
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
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| January 22, 1939 |
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Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated |
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| January 22, 1939 |
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Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University |
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| January 24, 1939 |
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30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile |
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| January 24, 1939 |
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Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame |
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| January 24, 1939 |
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Spanish govt moves to Figueras |
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| January 25, 1939 |
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Earthquake hits Chill n Chile, 10,000 killed |
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| January 25, 1939 |
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Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| January 26, 1939 |
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Federal Hall National Monument established |
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| January 26, 1939 |
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Filming begins on Gone With the Wind |
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| January 26, 1939 |
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Franco conquers Barcelona |
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| January 30, 1939 |
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Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile |
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| January 30, 1939 |
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Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews |
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| February 04, 1939 |
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Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort |
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| February 06, 1939 |
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Spanish govt flees to France |
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| February 09, 1939 |
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Belgian Spaak govt falls |
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| February 14, 1939 |
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Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind |
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| February 15, 1939 |
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German battleship Bismarck was launched |
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| February 15, 1939 |
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Lillian Hellman's Little Foxes, premieres in NYC |
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| February 17, 1939 |
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Katwijk soccer team forms |
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| February 18, 1939 |
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Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island |
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| February 21, 1939 |
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Belgian govt of Pierlot forms |
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| February 22, 1939 |
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Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain |
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| February 23, 1939 |
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Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champ |
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| February 24, 1939 |
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Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, premieres in Boston |
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| February 25, 1939 |
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1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden |
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| February 27, 1939 |
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Belgian govt of Pierlot falls |
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| February 27, 1939 |
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English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire |
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| February 27, 1939 |
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France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain |
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| February 27, 1939 |
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Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes |
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| February 28, 1939 |
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Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain |
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| March 02, 1939 |
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Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII |
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| March 02, 1939 |
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Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late |
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| March 07, 1939 |
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Glamour magazine begins publishing |
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| March 07, 1939 |
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Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record Auld Lang Syne |
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| March 08, 1939 |
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Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's Family Portrait, premieres |
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| March 10, 1939 |
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17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India |
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| March 12, 1939 |
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Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies |
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| March 14, 1939 |
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England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day |
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| March 14, 1939 |
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Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia |
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| March 15, 1939 |
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Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ |
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| March 16, 1939 |
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Germany occupies Czechoslovakia |
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| March 16, 1939 |
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Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine |
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| March 16, 1939 |
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NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period |
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| March 20, 1939 |
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7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania |
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| March 21, 1939 |
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Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland |
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| March 22, 1939 |
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Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany |
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| March 25, 1939 |
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Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart |
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| March 27, 1939 |
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1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 |
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| March 28, 1939 |
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Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down |
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| March 28, 1939 |
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Philip Barry's Philadelphia Story, premieres in NYC |
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| March 28, 1939 |
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Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship |
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| March 28, 1939 |
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Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco |
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| March 31, 1939 |
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Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany |
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| April 01, 1939 |
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US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain |
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| April 02, 1939 |
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6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279 |
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| April 04, 1939 |
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Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq |
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| April 05, 1939 |
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Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory |
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| April 06, 1939 |
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Great Britain & Poland sign military pact |
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| April 06, 1939 |
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US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific) |
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| April 07, 1939 |
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Italy invades Albania |
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| April 08, 1939 |
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ACV soccer team forms in Axes |
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| April 08, 1939 |
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King Zog I of Albania, flees |
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| April 09, 1939 |
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Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial |
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| April 10, 1939 |
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Colijn's Dutch govt opens camp Westerbork for German Jews |
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| April 10, 1939 |
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Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania |
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| April 11, 1939 |
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Hungary leaves League of Nations |
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| April 13, 1939 |
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W Saroyan's My Heart's in the Highlands, premieres in NYC |
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| April 14, 1939 |
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John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath published |
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| April 15, 1939 |
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Albert Lebrun elected president of France |
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| April 16, 1939 |
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Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact |
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| April 16, 1939 |
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Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 |
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| April 17, 1939 |
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Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| April 17, 1939 |
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SN Behrman's No Time for Comedy, premieres in NYC |
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| April 17, 1939 |
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Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact |
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| April 18, 1939 |
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Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey |
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| April 18, 1939 |
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Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government |
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| April 19, 1939 |
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43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8 |
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| April 19, 1939 |
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Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) |
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| April 20, 1939 |
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New York World's Fair opens |
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| April 20, 1939 |
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Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double |
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| April 23, 1939 |
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1st performance of B‚la Bart¢k's 2nd Concerto for violin |
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| April 23, 1939 |
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Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR |
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| April 28, 1939 |
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Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect |
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| April 29, 1939 |
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Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens |
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| April 30, 1939 |
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NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair |
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| April 30, 1939 |
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Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms |
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| May 01, 1939 |
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Batman comics hit street |
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| May 01, 1939 |
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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling) |
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| May 02, 1939 |
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Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 |
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| May 05, 1939 |
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Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky |
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| May 06, 1939 |
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1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher |
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| May 06, 1939 |
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65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4 |
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| May 07, 1939 |
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Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis |
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| May 09, 1939 |
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Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha |
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| May 13, 1939 |
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65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8 |
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| May 13, 1939 |
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SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives |
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| May 16, 1939 |
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1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) |
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| May 16, 1939 |
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Food stamps are 1st issued |
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| May 17, 1939 |
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1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball |
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| May 19, 1939 |
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Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact |
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| May 20, 1939 |
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3 Little Fishies, by Kay Kyser hits #1 |
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| May 20, 1939 |
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Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger & air mail service |
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| May 20, 1939 |
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1st regular transatlantic airmail (NY to Marsseille France) |
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| May 22, 1939 |
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Hitler & Mussolini sign Pact of Steel |
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| May 23, 1939 |
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British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented |
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| May 23, 1939 |
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British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 |
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| May 23, 1939 |
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Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad |
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| May 23, 1939 |
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Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland |
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| May 23, 1939 |
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Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die |
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| May 25, 1939 |
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Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president |
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| June 01, 1939 |
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1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer |
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| June 01, 1939 |
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1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2) |
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| June 01, 1939 |
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British sub Thetis sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard |
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| June 01, 1939 |
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Retired German Col-gen Gerd von Runstedt returns to service |
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| June 03, 1939 |
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71st Belmont: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:29.6 |
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| June 03, 1939 |
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Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe |
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| June 06, 1939 |
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NY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning |
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| June 06, 1939 |
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NY supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead |
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| June 07, 1939 |
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1st king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth |
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| June 07, 1939 |
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Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees |
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| June 08, 1939 |
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British king George VI visits US |
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| June 10, 1939 |
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Barney Bear, cartoon character, by MGM, debuts |
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| June 11, 1939 |
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King & Queen of England taste 1st hot dogs at FDR's party |
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| June 12, 1939 |
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43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila |
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| June 12, 1939 |
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Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY |
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| June 20, 1939 |
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Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants |
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| June 21, 1939 |
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Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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| June 21, 1939 |
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NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement |
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| June 22, 1939 |
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Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip |
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| June 23, 1939 |
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Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ |
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| June 23, 1939 |
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France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey |
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| June 24, 1939 |
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Pan Am's 1st US to England flight |
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| June 27, 1939 |
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1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) |
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| June 27, 1939 |
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Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings |
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| June 27, 1939 |
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Headley scores a cricket century in each innings v England at Lord's |
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| June 28, 1939 |
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Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| June 28, 1939 |
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Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper) |
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| June 28, 1939 |
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Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0 |
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| June 29, 1939 |
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4th Dutch govt of Colijn falls |
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| June 29, 1939 |
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Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe |
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| June 30, 1939 |
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Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemnde |
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| July 03, 1939 |
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Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler |
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| July 03, 1939 |
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Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes luckiest man speech |
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| July 04, 1939 |
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Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game |
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| July 04, 1939 |
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Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day |
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| July 06, 1939 |
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German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises |
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| July 07, 1939 |
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52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60) |
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| July 08, 1939 |
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59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62) |
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| July 11, 1939 |
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7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees |
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| July 13, 1939 |
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Frank Sinatra made his recording debut |
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| July 15, 1939 |
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Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight |
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| July 17, 1939 |
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22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY |
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| July 19, 1939 |
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1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St Louis, Mo |
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| July 19, 1939 |
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Dr Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures |
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| July 22, 1939 |
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1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC) |
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| July 25, 1939 |
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5th & last Dutch govt of Colijn, forms |
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| July 25, 1939 |
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NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win |
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| July 26, 1939 |
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Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs |
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| July 28, 1939 |
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5th Dutch govt of Colijn falls |
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| July 30, 1939 |
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Belgium SylvŠre Maes wins 33rd Tour de France |
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| August 02, 1939 |
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Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers |
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| August 03, 1939 |
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Jean Genets Ondine, premieres in Paris |
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| August 06, 1939 |
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1st broadcast of Dinah Shore Show on NBC-radio |
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| August 10, 1939 |
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2nd Dutch De Geer govt forms (1st with Social Democrats) |
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| August 11, 1939 |
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Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe |
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| August 13, 1939 |
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Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's |
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| August 13, 1939 |
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Sabotage suspected in crash of 'City of San Francisco' |
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| August 14, 1939 |
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1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) |
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| August 15, 1939 |
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Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood |
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| August 15, 1939 |
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In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2 |
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| August 17, 1939 |
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Wizard of Oz opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY |
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| August 19, 1939 |
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37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) |
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| August 20, 1939 |
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1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) |
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| August 20, 1939 |
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Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia |
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| August 22, 1939 |
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| August 22, 1939 |
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Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest |
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| August 23, 1939 |
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John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats |
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| August 23, 1939 |
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Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler & Stalin |
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| August 23, 1939 |
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USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact |
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| August 23, 1939 |
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Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact (Soviet Union neutral/Poland divided) |
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| August 24, 1939 |
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Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact |
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| August 26, 1939 |
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1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY) |
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| August 26, 1939 |
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Belgium mobilizes |
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| August 26, 1939 |
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Kroatia gets autonomous status |
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| August 27, 1939 |
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Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) |
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| August 27, 1939 |
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Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion |
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| August 27, 1939 |
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Nazi Germany demands Danzig & Polish corridor |
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| August 27, 1939 |
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Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech |
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| August 28, 1939 |
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Monty becomes commandant of 3rd Iron Infantry division |
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| August 28, 1939 |
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Netherland mobilizes |
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| August 28, 1939 |
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Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical George White's Scandals premieres |
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| August 29, 1939 |
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Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II |
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| August 30, 1939 |
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6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456) |
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| August 30, 1939 |
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General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army |
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| August 30, 1939 |
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Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet |
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| August 30, 1939 |
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NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) |
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| August 30, 1939 |
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Poland mobilizes |
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| August 31, 1939 |
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Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia |
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| August 31, 1939 |
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Staged Polish assault on radio station in Gleiwitz |
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| September 01, 1939 |
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Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill |
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| September 01, 1939 |
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Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years |
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| September 01, 1939 |
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Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with black holes |
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| September 01, 1939 |
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Switzerland proclaims neutrality |
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| September 01, 1939 |
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WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig |
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| September 03, 1939 |
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German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia |
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| September 03, 1939 |
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Great Britain & France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland |
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| September 03, 1939 |
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Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win |
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| September 03, 1939 |
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Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa & Canada |
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| September 04, 1939 |
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Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Neth's in a State of War |
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| September 04, 1939 |
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German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia |
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| September 04, 1939 |
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German troops move into Danzig |
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| September 04, 1939 |
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Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality |
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| September 04, 1939 |
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Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated |
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| September 04, 1939 |
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RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen |
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| September 05, 1939 |
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34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2) |
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| September 05, 1939 |
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FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe |
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| September 05, 1939 |
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US declare itself neutral |
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| September 06, 1939 |
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1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II |
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| September 06, 1939 |
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South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany |
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| September 07, 1939 |
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Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission |
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| September 08, 1939 |
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FDR declares limited national emergency due to war in Europe |
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| September 08, 1939 |
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Gen Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw |
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| September 08, 1939 |
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Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games |
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| September 08, 1939 |
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Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning |
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| September 09, 1939 |
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Nazi army reaches Warsaw |
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| September 10, 1939 |
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Canada declares war on Germany |
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| September 10, 1939 |
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In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany |
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| September 11, 1939 |
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Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw |
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| September 11, 1939 |
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British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley |
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| September 11, 1939 |
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Iraq & Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany |
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| September 13, 1939 |
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Igor Stravinsky invents 1st helicopter |
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| September 14, 1939 |
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British fleet attacks German U-39 boat |
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| September 14, 1939 |
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Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow |
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| September 16, 1939 |
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53rd US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) |
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| September 16, 1939 |
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59th US Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64) |
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| September 16, 1939 |
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NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant |
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| September 17, 1939 |
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German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die |
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| September 17, 1939 |
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Poland's president Moscicki & PM Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania |
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| September 17, 1939 |
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Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner |
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| September 17, 1939 |
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Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II |
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| September 18, 1939 |
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Polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania |
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| September 19, 1939 |
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British Expeditionary Force reaches France |
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| September 19, 1939 |
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Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin |
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| September 19, 1939 |
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Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland |
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| September 20, 1939 |
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British fleet takes German U-27 boat |
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| September 20, 1939 |
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Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| September 21, 1939 |
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Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews |
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| September 23, 1939 |
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Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4 |
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| September 25, 1939 |
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German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs |
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| September 25, 1939 |
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Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra & Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I |
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| September 26, 1939 |
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German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed) |
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| September 27, 1939 |
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Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance |
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| September 27, 1939 |
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White Sox host 1st day-night doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 & 7-5 |
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| September 28, 1939 |
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Estonia accepts Soviet military bases |
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| September 28, 1939 |
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Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio |
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| September 28, 1939 |
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Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) & gives Lithuania to USSR, last Polish troops surrender |
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| September 30, 1939 |
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1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC) |
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| September 30, 1939 |
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41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton) |
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| September 30, 1939 |
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Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland |
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| September 30, 1939 |
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White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance |
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| October 01, 1939 |
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Churchill calls Soviets riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma |
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| October 02, 1939 |
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Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF |
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| October 03, 1939 |
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Lemmer-Urk Dike closes |
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| October 04, 1939 |
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Last Polish troops surrender |
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| October 06, 1939 |
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Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France & Britain |
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| October 06, 1939 |
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Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem |
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| October 07, 1939 |
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HALL airship Binnendijk runs up German my |
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| October 08, 1939 |
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Germany annexes Western Poland |
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| October 08, 1939 |
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NY Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win |
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| October 11, 1939 |
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| October 11, 1939 |
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| October 11, 1939 |
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Gertrude Lawrence's Skylark, premieres in NYC |
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| October 11, 1939 |
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NAACP organized Legal Defense & Education Fund |
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| October 14, 1939 |
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BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed |
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| October 14, 1939 |
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German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed |
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| October 14, 1939 |
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Sugar rationed in Netherlands |
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| October 15, 1939 |
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LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC |
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| October 15, 1939 |
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Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years |
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| October 16, 1939 |
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Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands |
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| October 18, 1939 |
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R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts Too Many Girls, premieres in NYC |
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| October 19, 1939 |
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G”ring begins plunder through Nazi's occupied areas |
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| October 20, 1939 |
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All the Things You Are recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch |
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| October 20, 1939 |
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Pope Pius XII publishes his 1st encyclical Summi pontificatus |
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| October 22, 1939 |
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1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers |
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| October 24, 1939 |
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Benny Goodman records Let's Dance |
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| October 24, 1939 |
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Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up |
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| October 24, 1939 |
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Nazi require wearing of star of David |
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| October 24, 1939 |
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Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware) |
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| October 25, 1939 |
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George Kaufman/Moss Hart's Man Who Came to Dinner, premieres in NYC |
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| October 25, 1939 |
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Nylon stockings go on sale in US for 1st time |
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| October 25, 1939 |
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William Saroyan's Time of Your Life, premieres in NYC |
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| October 26, 1939 |
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Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service |
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| October 28, 1939 |
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Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia |
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| October 28, 1939 |
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Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland |
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| October 29, 1939 |
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Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) |
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| October 29, 1939 |
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NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 |
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| October 30, 1939 |
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USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports Jews |
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| October 30, 1939 |
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German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound & Charles Forbes aboard |
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| October 31, 1939 |
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27 U boats sunk this month (135,000 ton) |
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| November 01, 1939 |
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1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed |
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| November 01, 1939 |
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1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry |
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| November 01, 1939 |
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae |
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| November 03, 1939 |
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Clare Booth's Margin for Error, premieres in NYC |
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| November 04, 1939 |
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1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland |
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| November 04, 1939 |
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1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill |
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| November 04, 1939 |
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US allows cash & carry arms sales during WW II |
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| November 06, 1939 |
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WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st coml TV station, begins service |
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| November 06, 1939 |
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WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, NY (CBS) 1st broadcast |
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| November 08, 1939 |
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Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Brgerbraukeller, Mnich |
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| November 08, 1939 |
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H Lindsay & R Crouse' Life with Father, premieres in NYC |
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| November 09, 1939 |
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Ninotchka, with Greta Garbo premieres |
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| November 09, 1939 |
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Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron) |
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| November 09, 1939 |
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Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents |
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| November 11, 1939 |
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Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America |
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| November 12, 1939 |
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Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David |
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| November 14, 1939 |
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Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela |
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| November 15, 1939 |
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Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia |
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| November 15, 1939 |
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FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC |
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| November 15, 1939 |
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Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews |
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| November 15, 1939 |
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Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check |
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| November 16, 1939 |
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Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail |
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| November 16, 1939 |
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German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland |
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| November 17, 1939 |
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German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship |
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| November 17, 1939 |
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Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's Very Warm for May, premieres in NYC |
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| November 18, 1939 |
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Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die |
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| November 19, 1939 |
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Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship |
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| November 23, 1939 |
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Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star |
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| November 26, 1939 |
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4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border |
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| November 27, 1939 |
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Maxwell Anderson's Key Largo, premieres in NYC |
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| November 28, 1939 |
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Nazi Gov-Gen of Poland, Hans Frank organizes Judenrat |
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| November 28, 1939 |
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Soviet govt revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty |
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| November 29, 1939 |
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Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8) |
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| November 29, 1939 |
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USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland |
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| November 30, 1939 |
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21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton) |
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| November 30, 1939 |
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Paul Osborn's Mornings at 7, premieres in NYC |
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| November 30, 1939 |
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USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki |
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| December 01, 1939 |
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SS-Fhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews |
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| December 02, 1939 |
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British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC |
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| December 02, 1939 |
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NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight |
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| December 03, 1939 |
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Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres |
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| December 06, 1939 |
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5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB) |
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| December 06, 1939 |
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Cole Porter's musical Du Barry was a Lady, premieres in NYC |
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| December 07, 1939 |
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Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
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| December 07, 1939 |
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William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland |
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| December 09, 1939 |
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27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 |
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| December 09, 1939 |
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Russian air raid on Helsinki |
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| December 10, 1939 |
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Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat NY Giants 27-0 |
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| December 10, 1939 |
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KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary |
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| December 11, 1939 |
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New anti Jewish measurements in Poland, proclaimed |
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| December 12, 1939 |
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Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die |
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| December 13, 1939 |
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Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee |
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| December 14, 1939 |
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Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union |
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| December 15, 1939 |
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Gone With the Wind premieres in Atlanta |
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| December 15, 1939 |
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1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware |
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| December 15, 1939 |
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Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Cura‡ao |
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| December 16, 1939 |
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Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes |
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| December 17, 1939 |
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German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay |
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| December 18, 1939 |
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Finnish army recaptures Agl„j„rvi |
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| December 19, 1939 |
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Russian air & ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa |
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| December 20, 1939 |
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Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service |
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| December 21, 1939 |
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Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of Referat IV B |
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| December 22, 1939 |
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125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany |
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| December 22, 1939 |
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Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 v Queensland |
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| December 22, 1939 |
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Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo |
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| December 22, 1939 |
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99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany |
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| December 23, 1939 |
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| December 23, 1939 |
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South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland |
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| December 25, 1939 |
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Grimmett & Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156) |
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| December 25, 1939 |
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Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer |
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| December 26, 1939 |
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| December 26, 1939 |
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Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels |
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| December 27, 1939 |
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1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH) |
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| December 27, 1939 |
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Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) |
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| December 27, 1939 |
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Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die |
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| December 30, 1939 |
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Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century |
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| December 30, 1939 |
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O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 & 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days |
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| December 31, 1939 |
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25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) |
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| December 31, 1939 |
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Dutch national debt hits Ÿ4,218,553,180.99 |
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