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1939 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1939 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1939

• February 19, 1939 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• March 22, 1939 – World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• May 29, 1939 – The Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
• June 12, 1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures’ Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• September 1, 1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
• September 4, 1939 – World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
• September 10, 1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• October 1, 1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city.
• October 20, 1939 – Pope Pius XII publishes his first major encyclical, entitled Summi Pontificatus.
• November 26, 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

Who Were Born On 1939?

• January 17, 1939 – Maury Povich, American talk show host, producer, and actor
• February 18, 1939 – Marek Janowski, Polish-German conductor
• March 8, 1939 – Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach
• March 16, 1939 – Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• June 9, 1939 – Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
• August 3, 1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer
• August 27, 1939 – Nikola Pilić, Croatian tennis player and coach
• September 9, 1939 – Ron McDole, American football player
• September 30, 1939 – Anthony Green, English painter and academic
• October 7, 1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author