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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
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Historical Events Of 1939
- January 16, 1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
- February 19, 1939 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- May 13, 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
- July 4, 1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself “The luckiest man on the face of the earth”, then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
- September 1, 1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
- September 9, 1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain’s colonial government.
- September 17, 1939 – Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6.
- October 6, 1939 – World War II: Germany’s invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Independent Operational Group Polesie after the Battle of Kock
- October 23, 1939 – The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine “Betty” Bomber makes its maiden flight.
- December 22, 1939 – Indian Muslims observe a “Day of Deliverance” to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
Who Were Born On 1939?
- January 8, 1939 – Nanda, Indian actress (d. 2014)
- February 27, 1939 – Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
- May 7, 1939 – Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 9, 1939 – Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (d. 1988)
- June 27, 1939 – R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
- August 12, 1939 – Pam Kilborn, Australian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper
- October 22, 1939 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French author and poet
- November 5, 1939 – Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader, 5th Samdhong Rinpoche
- November 15, 1939 – Terry Bradbury, English footballer
- November 22, 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence