Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India1939 Events in the year 1939 in India . Incumbents Emperor of India George VI Events 3 March In Bombay , Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India. 3 May The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose . Births 21 November Mulayam Singh Yadav , politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh . 12 December Swadesh Bharati , poet, novelist and literary critic. Full date unknown Bani Basu , author, essayist, critic and poet. Arun Joshi , novelist d. 1993 in India 1993 . DEFAULTSORT 1939 In India Category 1939 in India Category 1939 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in IndiaIndia hist stub ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1939 the film 1939 film Year nav 1939 C20 year in topic NOTOC Year 1939 Roman numerals MCMXXXIX was a common year starting on Sunday link will display the full calendar ... 13 &ndash Black Friday 1939 Black Friday 71 people die across Victoria Australia Victoria in one ... War Scare leads to a major change in British policies towards Europe. January 24 &ndash An 1939 ... March &ndash The 1936 1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ends. March 1 &ndash A Japanese Imperial Army ... protesting against British rule in India . Students at Harvard University demonstrate the new tradition ... . March 22 &ndash After an 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania ultimatum of March 20 , Nazi Germany ... to start planning for Fall Weiss 1939 Fall Weiss , the codename for the invasion of Poland. April ... The 1939 New York World s Fair opens. May May 1 &ndash Batman , created by Bob Kane and, unofficially ... as Soviet Foreign Commissar. The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ... . The British government issues the White Paper of 1939 , sharply restricting Jewish immigration ... war in the summer of 1939. June 17 &ndash In the last public guillotining in France, murderer ... Gandhi the spiritual leader from India writes a personal letter to Adolf Hitler addressing him ... of Oz 1939 film The Wizard of Oz , based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum s famous ... , England , killing 5 people. MGM s classic musical film The Wizard of Oz 1939 film The Wizard ..., regular Wehrmacht troops Invasion of Poland 1939 begin crossing the border into Poland . Norway , Finland ... in the Invasion of Poland 1939 campaign of 1939. For the first few days all goes well and the Germans ... its surrender. The Poles refuse and the Siege of Warsaw 1939 siege begins in earnest. September 16 &ndash ... Act of 1939 , allowing cash and carry purchases of weapon s to non belligerent nations. November ... 26 &ndash Miners strike in Borinage , Belgium . December 27 &ndash The 1939 Erzincan earthquake ... more details
POV date March 2011 About the Republic of India Use dmy dates date August 2010 pp semi indef pp move ... Republic of India common name India image flag Flag of India.svg alt flag Horizontal tricolour flag ... web title National Anthem Know India portal url http india.gov.in knowindia national anthem.php ... Centre NIC accessdate 29 June 2007 date 24 January 1950 work Constituent Assembly of India Debates ... of the words and music known as Jana Gana Mana is the National Anthem of India, subject to such alterations ..., Mother small ref cite web title National Song Know India portal url http india.gov.in knowindia ... image map India orthographic projection .svg alt map Image of globe centred on India, with India highlighted. map caption Area controlled by India in dark green br Claimed but uncontrolled territories ... Mumbai official languages Collapsible list title Official languages of India Official languages of the Union ... 11 June 2009 work Ministry of Home Affairs India Ministry of Home Affairs , Government of India ... Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India publisher National Informatics Centre NIC url http ... Official languages of India The languages of the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution 8th Schedule ... ref cite web title Official Languages Resolution, 1968 work Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India ... of India Constitution ref cite web url http articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com 2010 01 25 india 28148512 1 national language official language hindi title There s no national language in India Gujarat High Court publisher Times Of India date 2007 01 06 accessdate 2011 03 29 ref demonym Indian ... republic ref name IndiaGlance cite web title India at a Glance work Know India Portal publisher National Informatics Centre NIC url http india.gov.in knowindia india at a glance.php accessdate 7 December 2007 ref leader title1 President of India President leader name1 Pratibha Patil leader title2 Prime Minister of India Prime Minister leader name2 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress INC ... more details
Events from the year 1939 in Denmark . Incumbents Monarch Christian X of Denmark HM Christian X Prime minister Thorvald Stauning Events Undated Empty section date January 2011 Births Empty section date January 2011 Deaths 7 April &ndash Mary Steen , photographer born 1856 in Denmark 1856 References reflist See also Denmark year nav Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Denmark Category 1939 in Denmark Category 1939 by country Denmark ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1939 architecture The year 1939 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC designed by John Russell Pope is begun. St Patrick s Cathedral, Melbourne St Patrick s Cathedral , Melbourne , Australia is officially completed. Vulcan Park in Birmingham, Alabama is dedicated. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham , England , is officially opened by Mary of Teck Queen Mary . April 21, 1939 The San Jacinto Monument is dedicated near Houston, Texas . Awards Royal Gold Medal Percy Thomas . Grand Prix de Rome , architecture unknown . Births October 9 Nicholas Grimshaw December 5 Ricardo Bofill Charles Jencks Deaths September 26 Kirtland Cutter born 1860 in architecture 1860 DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Architecture Category 1939 architecture fr 1939 en architecture mk 1939 ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Loretta symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer C. Kowal discovery site Palomar Observatory Palomar discovered October 17, 1974 designations yes mp name 1939 alt names 1974 UC mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.5211730 perihelion 2.7187816 semimajor eccentricity 0.1285893 period 2012.9156496 avg speed inclination 0.90799 asc node 40.41688 mean anomaly 135.85399 arg peri 191.15052 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.0942 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 10.80 1939 Loretta 1974 UC is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1974 by C. Kowal at Palomar Observatory Palomar . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1939 Loretta JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1939 Loretta Reflist Minor planets navigator 1938 Lausanna 1940 Whipple Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Loretta Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1974 Beltasteroid stub es 1939 Loretta eo 1939 Loreto fa it 1939 Loretta la 1939 Loretta hu 1939 Loretta ja nn 1939 Loretta pl 1939 Loretta pt 1939 Loretta sk 1939 Loretta sr 1939 Loretta ... more details
NOTOC See also 1938 in Afghanistan , 1939 other events of 1939 , and 1940 in Afghanistan . A year of otherwise peaceful progress is broken by echoes of the trouble in Europe. The government declares its neutrality, but is reported to have ordered a general mobilization and to be exercising special vigilance on the Soviet frontier. In its attitude generally, Afghanistan is keeping touch with the other signatories of the Treaty of Saadabad , Turkey, Iraq, and Iran . May 1939 It is announced that the government has decided to sell all government owned factories, chiefly textile and sugar concerns, to private capitalists. September 7, 1939 Within a week after the German invasion of Poland, hostilities against the government are opened on the eastern border by a tribal gathering from Tirah , but it is suppressed in little more than a week by joint action on the part of the Afghan and British authorities. December 1939 The government announces the opening of a twice weekly bus service between Kabul and Mazari Sharif , in Afghan Turkestan, a distance of 382 miles 615 km , by a road traversing the Hindu Kush which was first planned by King Nadir Shah . Category 1939 by country Afghanistan Category Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Category 1939 in Asia Afghanistan Category 1939 in Afghanistan Years in Afghanistan ... more details
Statistics of rvalsdeild in the 1939 season. Overview It was contested by 4 teams, and Knattspyrnuf lagi Fram Fram won the championship. League standings class wikitable style text align center Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Knattspyrnuf lagi Fram Fram 3 2 0 1 5 6 1 4 2 Knattspyrnuf lag Reykjav kur KR 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 3 3 Knattspyrnuf lagi V kingur V kingur 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 4 Valur 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 2 References rvalsdeild seasons DEFAULTSORT Urvalsdeild 1939 Category Football in Iceland Category 1939 domestic association football leagues Category 1939 in association football fr Championnat d Islande de football 1939 is Efsta deild karla knattspyrnu 1939 it Campionato di calcio islandese 1939 hu 1939 es izlandi labdar g bajnoks g els oszt ly pl Meistaraflokkur 1939 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1939 science The year 1939 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy Robert Oppenheimer and H. Snyder predict the existence of a new type of celestial objects that would come to be called black hole s Phys.Rev. 56 , 455 459, 1939 . Robert Oppenheimer and G. Volkoff first calculate the structure of neutron star s, a new type of celestial object Phys.Rev. 55 , 374 381 1939 . Medicine John H. Lawrence used beams of energized neutrons from a particle accelerator to treat a patient with leukemia . Physics Nuclear fission is discovered independently by Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn . Technology January 11 First flight of the Lockheed P 38 Lightning. December 9 First flight of the Consolidated XB 24 B 24 Liberator Liberator bomber prototype. Kirlian photography is invented by Semyon Kirlian . Awards Nobel Prize s Nobel Prize in Physics Physics Ernest Lawrence Nobel Prize in Chemistry Chemistry Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt , Lavoslav Ruzicka Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Medicine Gerhard Domagk Births January 20 Chandra Wickramasinghe , British astronomer. May 19 Dick Scobee d. 1986 in science 1986 , astronaut . August 19 Alan Baker mathematician Alan Baker , British mathematician October 7 John Hopcroft , United States American theoretical computer scientist . Deaths September 23 Sigmund Freud b. 1856 in science 1856 , Austrians Austrian psychoanalyst . October 7 Harvey Cushing b. 1869 in science 1869 , United States American neurosurgeon . Category 1939 in science fr 1939 en science he 1939 mk 1939 pl 1939 w nauce pt 1939 na ci ncia ru 1939 sv Vetenskaps ret 1939 ... more details
Year nav topic2 1939 archaeology science The year 1939 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala ends started 1931 . Palace of Nestor in Pylos by Carl Blegen resumed 1952 69 . Publications Empty section date August 2010 Finds Matthew Stirling discovers the bottom half of Stela C at Tres Zapotes . May Sutton Hoo ship burial unearthed by Basil Brown and Edith Pretty in Suffolk , England . Awards Empty section date August 2010 Miscellaneous May 6 Dorothy Garrod is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge , the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair. Births Barry Cunliffe Peter J Reynolds Deaths March 2 Howard Carter , Egyptologist Category 1939 in science Archaeology Category 1939 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1939 ... more details
The 1939 Veikkausliiga Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, and Turun Palloseura TPS Turku won the championship. League standings class wikitable style text align center Pos Club P W D L F A Pts 1 Turun Palloseura TPS Turku 12 9 2 1 38 17 20 2 HJK Helsinki 13 7 4 2 40 18 18 3 HT Helsinki 12 6 1 5 27 21 13 4 HIFK HIFK Helsinki 13 5 3 5 31 32 13 5 HPS Helsinki 13 5 3 5 20 22 13 6 Vaasan Palloseura VPS Vaasa 12 3 4 5 20 21 10 7 KPT Kuopio 12 2 3 7 17 29 7 8 Viipurin Reipas 11 2 0 9 18 51 4 The league was abandoned due to World War II 14 rounds scheduled . The above table was declared final. References http www.rsssf.com tablesf finhist.html Finland List of final tables RSSSF Veikkausliiga seasons Category 1939 domestic association football leagues Mestaruussarja, 1939 Category 1939 in Finland Mestaruussarja Category Mestaruussarja 1939 Finland footy competition stub de Mestaruussarja 1939 fr Championnat de Finlande de football 1939 pl Mestaruussarja 1939 pt Mestaruussarja de 1939 fi Mestaruussarja kausi 1939 sv Finl ndska M sterskapsserien i fotboll 1939 ... more details
Statistics of Ekstraklasa in season 1939. The championship was unfinished because of the Nazi German attack on Poland which triggered the Second World war. League standings class wikitable style text align center Pos Club P Pts W D L GF GA 1 align left Ruch Chorz w 14 18 8 2 4 50 22 2 align left Wis a Krak w 12 16 7 2 3 31 20 3 align left Pogo Lw w 13 16 7 2 4 27 22 4 align left AKS Chorz w 12 15 6 3 3 30 14 5 align left Warta Pozna 12 15 7 1 4 34 20 6 align left Cracovia football club Cracovia 13 14 7 0 6 23 32 7 align left Polonia Warsaw 13 12 5 2 5 28 28 8 align left Garbarnia Krak w 13 10 4 2 7 17 32 9 align left Warszawianka Warszawa 11 5 2 1 8 16 29 10 align left Union Touring d 12 3 1 1 10 15 51 References http www.rsssf.com tablesp polhist.html Poland List of final tables RSSSF Ekstraklasa seasons Category Ekstraklasa seasons Category 1939 in association football Ekstraklasa, 1939 Category 1939 in Poland Ekstraklasa, 1939 Poland footy competition stub fr Championnat de Pologne de football 1939 it Campionato di calcio polacco 1939 pl Liga polska w pi ce no nej 1939 ... more details
For the film starring Romalo Garia 1939 film Year nav topic2 1939 film television radio Yearsinfilm SIDEBAR NAV BOX The year 1939 in motion picture s can be justified as being called the most outstanding ..., and the United Kingdom at that time. Events Motion picture historians and film often rate 1939 ... , and during 1939 there were the premiere s of an outstandingly large number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which have been honored as all time classic films. August 15 The Wizard of Oz 1939 ... Commissioner. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture 1939 was one of the years in which ... Goodbye, Mr. Chips Love Affair 1939 film Love Affair Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ninotchka Of Mice and Men Stagecoach 1939 film Stagecoach The Wizard of Oz 1939 film The Wizard of Oz Wuthering Heights ... . The five nominees for Best Director of 1939 all went on to become legendary film directors with multiple ... that were taken in during 1939 and in particularly for films that made their premieres in October ..., and it certainly did not take in 400,000,000 in December 1939. class wikitable Rank Title Studio Actors ... Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh 400,176,459 2. The Wizard of Oz 1939 film The Wizard of Oz MGM Judy Garland 16,538,431 3. Ninotchka MGM Greta Garbo 4. Dodge City 1939 film Dodge City Warner Bros. Errol ... and Jean Arthur 6. Jesse James 1939 film Jesse James 20th Century Fox Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda 7. The Old Maid 1939 film The Old Maid Warners Bros. Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins 8. The Women 1939 film The Women MGM Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford 9. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle RKO Pictures Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 10. Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips MGM Robert ... 1939 film The Little Princess 20th Century Fox Shirley Temple Academy Awards main 12th Academy ..., Mr. Chips 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips Academy Award for Best Actress Best Actress Vivien Leigh ... Actor Thomas Mitchell actor Thomas Mitchell Stagecoach 1939 film Stagecoach Academy Award for Best Supporting ... more details
Year nav topic2 1939 television radio film The year 1939 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television related events in 1939. TOC Events March 4 The BBC One BBC Television Service broadcasts one of the first plays to be written especially for television, Condemned To Be Shot by R. E. J. Brooke. The production is notable for the use of a camera as the first person perspective of the play s unseen central character. March 27 The BBC broadcasts the entirety of Magyar Melody live from Her Majesty s Theatre His Majesty s Theatre . The 175 minute broadcast is the first showing of a full length Musical theatre musical on television. April television demonstrations are held at the 1939 New York World s Fair World s Fair in New York City and the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco, California . April 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt , appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World s Fair , becomes the first President of the United States to give a speech that is broadcast on television. May 17 The first baseball game Princeton University Princeton vs. Columbia University Columbia is broadcast on television, from Baker Field in New York. Bill Stern is the announcer . May 19 The Walt Disney cartoon Donald s Cousin Gus airs on NBC s experimental ... Debut Ended rowspan 2 Picture Page UK October 8, 1936 1939 1946 1952 rowspan 2 Starlight TV series Starlight UK November 3, 1936 1939 1946 1949 The Disorderly Room UK April 17, 1937 August 20, 1939 rowspan 2 For The Children UK April 24, 1937 1939 July 7, 1946 1950 Sports Review UK April 30, 1937 1939 rowspan 2 Telecrime UK August 10, 1938 July 25, 1939 October 22, 1946 November 25, 1946 Ending this year August 20 The Disorderly Room UK 1937 & 1939 . Sports Review UK 1937 1939 . Births January ... Years in television Category 1939 in television es Anexo Televisi n en 1939 fr 1939 la t l vision pt 1939 na televis o sq 1939 n televizion ... more details
year nav topic 1939 chess Events in chess in 1939 Chess events in brief Last 21st edition of Howard Staunton s The Chess Player s Handbook is published. 21 August 19 September 1939 the 8th Chess Olympiad ... Paul Keres on first board . ref http www.olimpbase.org 1939 1939in.html ref The Women s World ... and Paulette Schwartzmann . ref cite web title List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 ... were Jewish and had come to Buenos Aires in August 1939 on the Belgian steamer Piriapolis . ref http ... of the German team also chose not to return to Nazi Germany . 27 December 1939 American Chess Federation ... Bogoljubow and Eisinger Jr, 26 December 1938 January 1939. Leningrad Moscow won by Salo Flohr ahead of Samuel Reshevsky , January 3 February 1, 1939. Amsterdam KNSB , won by Euwe, Szab and Flohr Amsterdam ... and Szab , March 1939. Warsaw won by Najdorf ahead of Paulino Frydman Paulin Frydman . Lodz won by Izaak Appel and Jakub Kolski , ahead of Teodor Regedzi ski , March 1939. Lvov Championship of the City ... . L beck won by Alfred Brinckmann , start 2 April 1939. Krefeld won by Georg Kieninger and Ludwig Engels , start 6 April 1939. Cieplice l skie Zdr j Bad Warmbrunn won by Rudolf Keller , Paul Michel chess player Paul Michel and Ludwig Rellstab chess player Ludwig Rellstab , start 7 April 1939. Aberdeen the Scottish Chess Championship , won by Max Pavey , April 1939. Margate won by Paul Keres ahead of Jos Ra l Capablanca and Flohr, 12 21 April 1939. Leningrad the 11th USSR Chess Championship , won by Mikhail Botvinnik ahead of Alexander Kotov , April 15 May 16, 1939. Stuttgart Europa Turnier won by Bogoljubow ahead of Kurt Richter , start 15 May 1939. Montreux the Swiss Chess Championship ... of the City , won by Moshe Czerniak , June 1939. Berlin the Berlin City Chess Championship , won by M lbitz ahead of Paul Mross , June 1939. Bad Elster won by Erich Eliskases followed by Josef Lokvenc , Herbert Heinicke and Michel, start 4 June 1939. Vienna won by Eliskases ahead of Hans M ller ... more details
Infobox FIBA tourney continent Europe year 1939 host Lithuania dates 21 May 28 May teams 8 federations 20 venues 1 cities 1 champions Lithuania title number 2 prevseason EuroBasket 1937 nextseason EuroBasket 1946 The 1939 European Basketball Championship , commonly called Eurobasket 1939 , was the third regional championship held by FIBA Europe . Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation FIBA took part in the competition. Defending champions Lithuania hosted the tournament, held in Kaunas Sports Hall . Results The 1939 competition was in a very simple format. Each team played each of the other teams once. A win was worth 2 standings points, a loss worth 1. The rankings were based on those standing points. Ties were broken by head to head results. The winning team was Lithuania national basketball team Lithuania . In retrospect, the most important match was Lithuania vs Latvia in the first round. Lithuania won by 1 point, and this was the eventual winning ... to the cancellation of the subsequent 1939 Baltic Cup football tournament. Final standings style border ... 1939.html FIBA Europe Eurobasket 1939 http www.eurobasket.com events ec ec39.asp Eurobasket.com 1939 EChampionship Eurobasket Category Eurobasket Category 1939 in basketball Category Basketball in Lithuania Category Sports festivals in Lithuania Category Sport in Kaunas Category 1939 in Lithuania cs Mistrovstv Evropy v basketbale mu 1939 de Basketball Europameisterschaft 1939 el 1939 es Campeonato Europeo de Baloncesto Masculino de 1939 fr Championnat d Europe de basket ball 1939 hr Europsko prvenstvo u ko arci Litva 1939. it FIBA EuroBasket 1939 he 1939 lt 1939 m. Europos krep inio empionatas mk 1939 nl Eurobasket 1939 ja 1939 pl Mistrzostwa Europy w Koszyk wce 1939 ru 1939 sr 1939. fi Koripallon Euroopan mestaruuskilpailut 1939 ... more details
year in basketball this year 1939 Events The first NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship NCAA Tournament is played. The University of Oregon defeated Ohio State University 46 33 in Evanston, Illinois to become the inaugural national champions of this tournament. The third European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1939, is won by Lithuania. The seventh South American Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro is won by Brazil. Israel national basketball team joins the FIBA Tournaments College Men flagicon USA NCAA 1939 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament NCAA 1938 39 Oregon Ducks men s basketball team Oregon 46, Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State 33 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player Most Outstanding Player Jimmy Hull , Ohio State 1939 National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament LIU Blackbirds men s basketball Long Island 44, Loyola Ramblers Loyola IL 32 flagicon USA National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA 1939 NAIA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament NAIA Southwestern College Moundbuilders Southwestern KS 32, San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 31 Births January 21 Tom Stith , All American at St. Bonaventure University June 9 Dick Vitale , College basketball announcer July 24 Walt Bellamy , Hall of Fame center Deaths November 28 James Naismith , Inventor of basketball b. 1898 fr 1939 en basket ball ... more details
See also 1938 in France , 1939 other events of 1939 , 1940 in France . Events from the year 1939 in France . Events 27 February United Kingdom and France recognize Francisco Franco Franco s government in Spain . 17 June Last public guillotining in France murderer Eugen Weidmann . 3 September United Kingdom , France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Nazi Germany Germany . Sport 10 July 1939 Tour de France Tour de France begins. 30 July Tour de France ends, won by Sylv re Maes of Belgium . Births 1 February Claude Fran ois , singer and songwriter d. 1978 in France 1978 . 29 March Roland Arnall , businessman and diplomat in the United States d. 2008 in France 2008 . 3 April Fran ois de Roubaix , film score composer d. 1975 in France 1975 . 9 May Pierre Desproges , humorist d. 1988 in France 1988 . 30 September Jean Marie Lehn , chemist, shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987. 10 November Maia Simon , actress d. 2007 in France 2007 . Deaths 14 October Polaire Emilie Marie Bouchaud , singer and actress b. 1874 in France 1874 . 5 November Charles Barrois , geologist and palaeontologist b. 1851 in France 1851 . Full date unknown Henri B nard , physicist b. 1874 in France 1874 . Jules Felix Coutan , sculptor b. 1848 in France 1848 . References reflist Category 1939 in France Category Years of the 20th century in France fr 1939 en France ... more details
Year nav topic2 1939 poetry literature cquote As the clever hopes expire br Of a low dishonest decade W. H. Auden , from September 1, 1939 Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation s poetry or literature for instance, Irish poetry Irish or French poetry France . Events Last issue of The Criterion is published. Gunga Din , a film directed by George Stevens , based loosely on Rudyard Kipling s poem of the same name Poetry London , a magazine founded by Dylan Thomas , its editor James Meary Tambimuttu , and others Carl Rakosi begins a 28 year hiatus from writing poetry The Kenyon Review is founded by John Crowe Ransom Works published in English Indian poetry India , Indian poetry in English in English Harindranath Chattopadhyaya , The Dark Well Poetry in English language English , Madras Kalakshetra ref name kgv316 Vinayak Krishna Gokak, http books.google.com books?id WLE8GVsAfEMC&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false The Golden Treasury Of Indo Anglian Poetry 1828 1965 , p 316, New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 1970, first edition 2006 reprint , ISBN 81 260 1196 3, retrieved August 6, 2010 ref Tandra Devi , Poems Poetry in English language English , Srinagar Tandra Devi Publications ref Vinayak Krishna Gokak, http books.google.com books?id WLE8GVsAfEMC&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false The Golden Treasury Of Indo Anglian Poetry 1828 1965 , p 319, New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 1970, first edition 2006 reprint , ISBN 81 260 1196 3, retrieved August 6, 2010 ref ... , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 19 860634 6 ref W. H. Auden , September 1, 1939 , a poem ... posthumously in July ref name cocel American poetry United States W. H. Auden September 1, 1939 ... that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first ... Schools of poetry Lists of poets DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Poetry Category Years in poetry Category 1939 Poetry Category 1939 poems ... more details
Refimprove date February 2007 Year nav topic2 1939 radio television music film The year 1939 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting . TOC Events 15 July One of the oldest radio stations in the Philippines, DZRH was established. 7 August Official test transmissions begin from Radio Andorra . The station is ceremonially inaugurated two days later by the French Minister of Public Works, Anatole de Monzie . 3 September Neville Chamberlain , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , announces on the BBC at 11.15 local time 10.15 GMT that this country is at war with Germany . 3 September Fireside chats Fireside chat On the European War . 11 December Havana, Cuba s CMQ since 1959, Government of Cuba state owned Radio Rebelde becomes the first affiliate for the NBC Red Network based outside of the United States and Canada ref http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,772121,00.html Radio Cuba Joins, Dec. 19, 1939, Time.com ref . 25 December Charles Dickens s A Christmas Carol is read for the first time on American radio CBS . Debuts 14 January Honolulu Bound debuts on CBS . 16 January I Love a Mystery debuts on west coast NBC stations. 13 February Virginia Payne takes over the role of Mrs. Carter in The Carters of Elm Street . 19 February Norman Corwin s radio series Words Without Music is premiered on the CBS Radio Network . 3 April Mr. District Attorney 1939 1952 debuts on NBC . 1 September At 21.00 local time the BBC s BBC Home Service Home Service begins transmission this will be the Corporation s only domestic radio channel for the first four months of World War II . Closings 1 September At 18.55 local time BBC engineers receive the order to close down all transmitters in preparation for wartime broadcasting this marks the end of the BBC National Programme National and BBC National Programme Regional Programme s of the BBC. Births March 3 Larry Burkett ... 2011 References reflist Category 1939 in radio Radio stub de Rundfunkjahr 1939 sv Radio ret 1939 ... more details
Year nav topic2 1939 paleontology science Year in paleontology header 1939 Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Plesiosaurs Plesiosaur gastroliths documented. ref name riggs sanders Riggs 1939 . Sanders, Manley, and Carpenter 2001 , Table 12.1 page 167. ref Pterosaurs New taxa border 0 style background transparent style width 100 width 90 width 5 width 5 style border 0px valign top class wikitable sortable align center width 100 Name Status colspan 2 Authors Notes Belonochasma Valid style border right 0px valign top Broili style border left 0px valign top Valid style border right 0px valign top style border left 0px valign top style border 0px valign top style border 0px valign top border 0 style height 100 align right style background transparent style height 1px Image Anhanguera.jpg thumb center 100px Anhanguera . style height 30px References portal Paleontology references Riggs, Elmer Samuel 1939a A specimen of Elasmosaurus serpentinus Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History VI No. 25 pp.385 391 Sanders F, Manley K, Carpenter K. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfae. In Tanke D.H, Carpenter K, editors. Mesozoic vertebrate life new research inspired by the paleontology of Philip J. Currie. Indiana University Press Bloomington, IN 2001. pp. 166 180. Category 1930s in paleontology Category 1939 Paleontology Category 1939 in science Paleontology 9 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1939 art List of years in Art Events First of the Madeline books, illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans . Release of Detective Comics 27, the debut of Batman . Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth settle near St Ives, Cornwall , effectively establishing the St Ives School of abstract avant garde artists. Awards Archibald Prize Max Meldrum The Hon G J Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives Works Seealso Category 1939 paintings Paul Delvaux The Phases of the Moon I Aaron Douglas Power Plant, Harlem Julio Gonz lez sculptor Julio Gonz lez , Monsieur Cactus Fernand L ger Adam and Eve Births 17 March Jim Gary , United States American sculpture sculptor d. 2006 in art 2006 . 1 April Spider Martin , photographer d. 2003 in art 2003 . 8 April Trina Schart Hyman , United States American illustrator of children s books d. 2004 in art 2004 . 25 April Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield , England English photographer d. 2005 in art 2005 . 2 November Richard Serra , sculptor. 23 December Nancy Graves , United States American sculpture sculptor , Painting painter and printmaker d. 1996 in art 1996 . Deaths April 11 S. S. Van Dine , art critic b. 1888 in art 1888 June 3 Philip Sassoon Sir Philip Sassoon , art collector b. 1888 in art 1888 June 23 Mark Gertler artist Mark Gertler , painter b. 1891 in art 1891 July 21 Ambroise Vollard , art dealer b. 1866 in art 1866 August 29 Jessica Dismorr , Vorticist painter b. 1885 in art 1885 suicide September 6 Arthur Rackham , illustrator b. 1867 in art 1867 September 18 Gwen John b. 1876 in art 1876 , painter, sister of Augustus John December 1 Jorma Gallen Kallela , painter b. 1898 in art 1898 December 14 Helene Kr ller M ller , art collector b. 1869 in art 1869 December 25 Margrethe Mather , photographer ... date unknown Jane Mary Dealy , painter and illustrator birth date unknown DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Art Category 1939 Art Category Years of the 20th century in art pt 1939 na arte sv Konst ret 1939 ... more details
1939 in sports describes the year s events in world sport. Note many sporting events did not take place because of World War II American football NFL championship Green Bay Packers 27 0 New York Giants in the NFL championship game played at Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin College championship NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship College football national championship Texas A&M Aggies football Texas A&M Association football England Football League First Division First Division &ndash Everton F.C. Everton win the 1938&ndash 39 in English football 1938&ndash 39 title. FA Cup &ndash Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth beat Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers 4&ndash 1. The outbreak of World War II means all competitive football in England is suspended in September, and the 1939&ndash 40 in English football 1939&ndash 40 season cancelled. Various regional leagues and cups are set up in place of normal Football League and FA Cup competition. Track and field athletics Athletics September 17 &ndash Taisto M ki breaks the 10,000 m world record, becoming the first man to run the distance inside half an hour. Australian rules football Australian Football League Victorian Football ... Baseball January 24 &ndash Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1939 Hall of Fame election &ndash The goal ... European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1939 , is won by Lithuania national basketball team Lithuania . The seventh South American Basketball Championship 1939 South American Basketball Championship ... racing Grand Prix motor racing Grand Prix racing &ndash Main article 1939 Grand Prix season . No European ... Championships 12th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 are held at Zakopane , Poland Rowing sport ... to the championship after the 1939 series is completed but will be unable to take part again until ... by year Category 1939 in sports de Sportjahr 1939 fr 1939 en sport hu 1939 a sportban ja 1939 pt 1939 no desporto sv Sport ret 1939 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Yearsincomics Year in comics 1939 parent history List of years in comics Events and publications Inc lit Year overall January Ace Comics 1937 in comics 1937 series 22 David McKay Publications Action Comics 1938 in comics 1938 series 8 DC Comics Adventure Comics 1938 in comics 1938 series 34 DC Comics Amazing Mystery Funnies 1938 in comics 1938 series 5 Centaur Publications Detective Comics 1937 in comics 1937 series 23 DC Comics Feature Funnies 1937 in comics 1937 series 16 Quality Comics More Fun Comics 1936 in comics 1936 series 39 National Periodical Publications February Ace Comics 23 David McKay Publications Action Comics 9 DC Comics Adventure Comics 35 DC ... Fun Comics 42 National Periodical Publications Movie Comics 1939 series 1 National Periodical Publications ... Publications Movie Comics 3 National Periodical Publications Superman 1939 series 1, cover dated Summer ... Movie Comics 5 National Periodical Publications Smash Comics 1939 series 1 Quality Comics ... Comics 1939 series 5 Centaur Publications Amazing Mystery Funnies 13 Centaur Publications Detective Comics 31 DC Comics Feature Comics 24 Quality Comics Four Color Series 1 1939 series 1 Dell Publishing ... Comics 1939 series 1 Timely Comics More Fun Comics 48 National Periodical Publications Smash Comics ... 1939 series 1 National Periodical Publications ashcan copy , not sold or distributed Feature Comics ... Periodical Publications Specials 1939 New York World s Fair New York World s Fair 1939 series 1 National Periodical Publications Mutt & Jeff 1939 series 1 All American Comics Deaths Exhibitions and shows ... American Comics 1939 New York World s Fair New York World s Fair published by National Periodical ... DC Comics The Sandman Sandman Wesley Dodds Wesley Dodds in 1939 New York World s Fair New York World ... DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Comics Category 1939 works Comics Category 1939 in comics fr 1939 en bande dessin e sq 1939 n strip sv Serie ret 1939 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic2 1939 literature poetry The year 1939 in literature involved some significant events and new books. Events December 25 A Christmas Carol is read before a radio audience for the first time. Frank Herbert lies about his age to get his first job as a local newspaper reporter . Jean Paul Sartre is Conscription drafted into the French Army . Robert A. Heinlein s first published short story appears in Astounding Magazine . Captain Marvel DC Comics Captain Marvel debuts in Whiz Comics 2 cover date February 1940 . New books Eric Ambler The Mask of Dimitrios Sholem Asch The Nazarene William Attaway Let Me Breathe Thunder Arna Wendell Bontemps Drums at Dusk Pearl S. Buck The Patriot Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the Magnificent novel Tarzan the Magnificent John Dickson Carr The Black Spectacles The Problem of the Wire Cage The Reader is Warned as by Carter Dickson Drop to His Death in collaboration with John Rhode Aim C saire Cahier d un Retour au Pays Natal Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep Agatha Christie And Then There Were None Murder is Easy The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories John Fante Ask the Dust William Faulkner If I Forget Thee Jerusalem The Wild Palms Old Man Vardis Fisher Children of God Zona Gale Magna Henry Green Party Going novel Party Going Ernest Hemingway The Snows of Kilimanjaro Zora Neale Hurston Moses, Man Of The Mountain Aldous Huxley After Many a Summer Christopher Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin James Joyce Finnegans Wake Arthur Koestler The Gladiators book The Gladiators Richard Llewellyn How Green Was My Valley H. P. Lovecraft ... Ondine play Ondine Clare Boothe Luce Margin of Error onlyinclude Poetry Main 1939 in poetry T. S. Eliot ... Kinnan Rawlings The Yearling Category 1939 books Category Years in literature fr 1939 en litt rature no Litteratur ret 1939 pl 1939 w literaturze pt 1939 na literatura sq 1939 n literatur sv Litteratur ret 1939 DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Literature ... more details
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